{"id":747,"date":"2020-08-30T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T14:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=747"},"modified":"2021-04-03T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-03T14:59:39","slug":"3-cultural-mistakes-you-wont-see-in-the-mulan-live-action-remake","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/3-cultural-mistakes-you-wont-see-in-the-mulan-live-action-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"3 CULTURAL MISTAKES YOU WON&#8217;T SEE IN THE MULAN LIVE-ACTION REMAKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-751\" style=\"width: 1140px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-751 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/04\/Mulan-Live-Action-Remake.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MULAN RETURNS WITH A MODERNISED VERSION OF THE 1998 ORIGINAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The latest Disney live-action remake,\u00a0<em>Mulan<\/em>\u00a0is set to grace UAE cinemas on 4 September. The movie is sure to impress UAE audiences with a star-studded cast including Liu Yifei as Mulan, who trained at the prestigious Performance Institute of Beijing Film Academy, and Donnie Yen as Commander Tung, who, we were excited to discover, trained in\u00a0Japanese karate, Korean taekwondo and western boxing as well as hip-hop and break-dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1998, when\u00a0<em>Mulan<\/em> was released for the first time, it\u2019s safe to say it was received pretty well worldwide, grossing over USD304 million, and winning a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mbl-gl-tg\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Disney&#039;s Mulan | Final Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-eFm--k21c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ps-rl\"><\/div>\n<p>Now, over two decades on, though, and we can expect to see some changes to the animated original. Two prominent characters will be absent from the new movie, starting with Mushu, the sidekick dragon voiced by Eddie Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Producer Jason Reed explained the reasoning: \u201cIt turns out that the traditional Chinese audience did not particularly think that was the best interpretation of the dragon in their culture.\u201c He adds, \u201cThat the dragon is a sign of respect and of strength and power and sort of using it as a silly sidekick did not play well with a traditional Chinese audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As conversations around cultural appropriation have inserted themselves into the mainstream (and rightfully so) the live-action remake has decided to update their characterisation to lean on the side of respect rather than stereotyping.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the #metoo movement, too, given the male-dominated tiering of Hollywood\u2019s culture, having a character act as both Mulan\u2019s commanding officer and her love interest has been deemed inappropriate. So, Li Shang, the Captain of the Imperial army and Mulan\u2019s mentor, has also been removed from the character list.<\/p>\n<p>Missing from the movie too, is the spontaneous (and often simultaneous) bursting into song that we&#8217;re used to from cult Disney classics. In order to emphasize the gravity and seriousness of the movie, the characters will not be singing, although the audience can expect to hear the familiar theme of &#8220;reflection&#8221; lilting through the film in a significant way.<\/p>\n<p>Whether these seem like timely upgrades or troubling cinema sins to you, it is clear the live-action transformation will bring the tale into a new age.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEUsARYH4n-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEUsARYH4n-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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