This alone really helps make the show stand out compared to others along with the parallels to the original opera it's based on while entwining the historical context of the fall of Saigon. Although the love story between Chris and Kim is used as the main plot for the musical, and was, I also was particularly intrigued by the framing device of the time setting during the reunification of the Vietnam, as this alone conveys the message of war causing tragedy thanks to the opposing communist and capitalist beliefs of Vietnam and America. The plot, similar to the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly, follows events after the Vietnam war as a young Vietnamese bar-girl and American GI soldier fall in love, but are torn apart by the fall of Saigon and the events afterwards, including the reveal that they have a son & Chris got married after returning to America, show the consequences of their and the wars' actions. But thankfully, now that my first year in uni is coming to an end, I finally had the opportunity to go and see this! So was it worth the long wait? Well, the answer is most definitely yes! I had been meaning to see this show for admittedly quite a while, but due to personal reasons getting in the way as I had been busy working on exams and thereafter was preparing to leave for university along with settling in, so I didn't have much time to go and see shows.
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