EVERYTHING CULTURALLY RIGHT AND WRONG WITH MULAN 1998

YAMS?!

[XiranJayZhao]

Yes, I'm wearing a pure silver Millennium Puzzle necklace.

[ladyanima]

Mulan, the Disney princess with the highest kill count. I stan.

[pbrn]

The fact that she was so mad at the 2020 movie she created an entire channel hating on it.
Kudos honestly

[YuBeace]

I love how honest the production team is as well. "I didn't put dishes in the middle. My fault." "IT WAS YOU". Severely underrated exchange there.

[valenciageode]

So, I realized something about Crickey. He’s meant to be lucky, yet he’s the whole reason Mulan messed up with the Matchmaker. But if you think about it, if Mulan had done well and been married, she would’ve been absolutely miserable. Because Crickey messed it up, she went into battle, won the war, and got real happiness. A *very* lucky bug.

[crocsinthewater]

i love that the animator was like “that was my bad, sorry” that’s so nice

[LastSithUnicorn]

She didn’t choose the YouTuber life. The YouTuber life chose her

[gorousbutterfly]

FINALLY A ZUKO REFERENCE THAT HAS TO DO WITH CARTOONS ABOUT ASIANS OVERUSING HONOR

[mazzmj]

Me being a basic white girl from rural Missouri who never went anywhere - Mulan was my all time favorite movie as a little kid. I loved the music, the story and the culture. It was my first real introduction to a completely different one. It's nice to know that it wasn't just a slap in the face to chinese culture.

[kibbynibby]

when she was like: "Auntie Fa"
and then she realized: "ANTIFA"

加加油吧 omg

[Scow]

On one hand, putting the chopsticks in the rice like that is horrifically offensive. On the other hand, Mulan is presented as the exact sort of socially-inept fuckup who'd casually do something like that.

[wildsagediary]

“Bisexual Legend Li Shang” 😂😂😂😂 Instant subscription

[zactron]

The hair cutting scene is definitely something for western audiences, where it's generally seen to be feminine if you have long hair. I think you're absolutely right about accuracy vs heart though. It's obviously bad to be flagrantly wrong about the setting you're trying to appropriate for your story, but I'd rather someone put genuine care into a good story with mistakes than whatever Mulan 2020 was going for.

[chazjohannsen]

“I have to find the Avatar to restore my FACE!”


Edit: it would be great if you continue reviewing other Chinese-inspired media for historical accuracy.

[grandarkfang_]

"Why wasn't Shang in drag?"
He clearly didn't want to blow everyone else out of the water. Have you seen the guy?

[carpedm]

Shen: who are you
Mulan: my name is gay
Shen: *spends the training shirtless

[TequilaMockingBird]

I feel that some of these inaccuracies are actually the animators and writers using shorthand to reach their audience better. For example, it’ll be far easier for the standard Western audience to understand “Now all of China knows you’re here!” Rather than “now all of the dynasty knows you’re here!”

Sometimes, shorthand does absolutely need to win over accuracy.

[puddingfairy]

“Lets hire someone who speaks mandarin to write a letter for the cricket scene!!”
“but I have this takeout menu...”

[macdongr]

You know, it's nice to hear someone say "it's fine to be historically innacurate as long as I'm having a good time." There's something about that line that just gives me some strange sense of warmth.

[souleatingconverse]

Soldier: who is the leader of the huns?
Shan-Yu: I yam