Agents Scott and Cam, along with guest operative Tori Potenza, staff writer for MovieJawn, take in a Peking opera performance with Jeremy Irons while decoding the 1993 David Cronenberg espionage drama M. Butterfly. 

Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon and Shizuko Hoshi.

Check out Tori's writing at MovieJawn, including her excellent essay "Cronenberg on Sex and Gender: M. Butterfly."

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Podcast artwork by Hannah Hughes.

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