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The geisha has been portrayed in the media in many ways. Some notable instances include the Ray of Light-era Madonna reinvention, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and the best-selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (a film version reportedly starring Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi is in the works). Yet all these wildly popular depictions have been somewhat controversial. Madonna has long been accused of appropriating elements of cultures she makes no effort to understand.
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Painted smiles and porcelain perfection

By Patricia Romualdez | October 10, 2004 - 12:00am

The geisha has been portrayed in the media in many ways. Some notable instances include the Ray of Light-era Madonna reinvention, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly and the best-selling novel Memoirs of a Geisha (a...

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