{"id":10708,"date":"2020-09-15T23:50:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T06:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2020-09-16T06:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T13:53:59","slug":"post1-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=10708","title":{"rendered":"“Disney\u2019s Mulan tells women if they know their place, they can \u2018have it all\u2019”, South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sin Wen Lau<\/span> and <\/span>Shih-Wen Sue Chen, O<\/span>pinion, Hong Kong, 16 Sep, 2020<\/p>\n

Disney\u2019s live-action adaptation of Mulan<\/em> was released last week amid much controversy. Accusations of Disney bowing to the Chinese Communist Party emerged when the trailer was released.<\/p>\n

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Many were outraged to learn the movie was partially filmed in\u00a0Xinjiang<\/a><\/span>, where at least 1 million Uygurs have been forced into internment camps. They also objected to actress Liu Yifei\u2019s reported\u00a0support of the Hong Kong police<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>during the 2019\u00a0protests<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Criticisms of the movie include its historical and geographical inaccuracies, an undertone of Islamophobia, and a misrepresentation of chi (life force).<\/p>\n

Also concerning, but less visible, is how Disney\u2019s Mulan<\/em> is a more conservative telling of an ancient story \u2013 and the place of women \u2013 than some historical Chinese renditions. While Mulan<\/em> might claim to be a tale of female empowerment, ultimately this film is about how women will only be rewarded if they know their place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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