Aria Opera Response

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This short film depicting the events of the opera, Madame Butterfly, is interesting to say the least. For someone not well versed in operas like me, the first thing I thought was that this story was banking on shock value to garner attention, and while shock value may bait potential viewers in, the animation and style help connect viewers emotionally to the character of Butterfly. You feel the shock of her former lover taking her child away from her when she expected a joyful reunion. Since, in the modern age, death has been depicted so many times in so many properties, the short film does a good job of making the viewer feel the emotional shotgun of Butterfly's suicide through defamiliarization. By turning the film meta, the puppet wanders onto the set of the film and uses a screwdriver to disassemble itself. Sapegin depicts a very jarring and inhuman portrayal of a very human concept, which helps to better acquaint (for lack of a better term) the viewer with this concept. In this way, we as viewers really feel the full gravitas of Butterfly's suicide.

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