"M. Butterfly" is an interesting play in that it covers many different topics such as imperialism, racism and sexism. Through Gallimard we see what westerners though of the Orient that they are inferior and they "will always submit to greater force". His ideas backfire when the Vietnamese resist greatly to the Americans and when he finds out the Song is a man. I like that there is humor in this play because it covers many serious topics so it lightens the story.