Kevin Ralston

Madama Butterfly

Marie Yoho Dorsey

September 14th, 2018

If I were a 21st century director, I would turn Madama Butterfly into a video game by turning the story into a survival and success story for Butterfly. I came across the opera on blackboard first in a late assignment. In order to start the game I would have Butterfly and the love of her life Pinkerton, a U.S. Naval officer together on an small island off the coast of Japan with very few people who inhabit it. They just recently met each other and Butterfly believes she has found her true love. After a short time together, Pinkerton leaves on his ship as Butterfly is left wondering when or if ever he is to return. The object of the game would follow Butterfly on her conquest to find her true love again. Instead of waiting in pain, Butterfly decides to conquest after her love after giving birth to his child without his knowledge. Butterfly gets a boat and sets off on a voyage around Japan searching every inch of every small island in hopes of finding Pinkerton. She searches for years coming across unbelievable people and things that teach her many lessons of life. Three long years pass by and no luck. She finally gives up and returns back to her home. But with hope in the back of her heart she still waits for her lover to return. Eventually he does, but instead of staying and loving her and their kid he takes the kid and sails away, leaving Butterfly torn into pieces. She then decides to get her baby back and she's not going to give up until she dies.

In today's time, video games are the new source of entertainment replacing the theatre. At one point, plays were a huge thing to do that families and friends would always attend for pleasure. They have since been replaced with the much more developed video games that are starting to become more and more human interactive that have led to the huge boom in recent sales especially among young men and boys.