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EVERYTHING CULTURALLY RIGHT AND WRONG WITH MULAN 1998

5.7M views · Oct 24, 2020 · Film & Animation

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  • @XiranJayZhao · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

    PS. My book Iron Widow, a scifi reimagining of China&apos;s only female emperor Wu Zetian, is now available! <a href="http://ironwidow.com/">http://ironwidow.com/</a><br><br>Yes, I&apos;m wearing a pure silver Millennium Puzzle necklace.

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  • @tylerblack3962 · 5 years ago

    Xiran Jay Zhao: <b>Create youtube channel just to roast Mulan 2020</b><br>Everyone liked that

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  • @gerardcollins80 · 5 years ago

    &quot;They can&apos;t be struggling to this degree, they&apos;re not college students. They were able to afford a makeover for Mulan!&quot;<br><br>😂😂😂

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  • @YuBeace · 5 years ago

    I love how honest the production team is as well. &quot;I didn&apos;t put dishes in the middle. My fault.&quot; &quot;IT WAS YOU&quot;. Severely underrated exchange there.

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  • @mahilagoncam8381 · 3 years ago

    A nice fact is that after &quot;A girl worth fighting for&quot; they don&apos;t sing again in the whole movie, it&apos;s possible that this is meant to give the movie a more serious tone and atmosphere.

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  • @valenciageode25 · 3 years ago

    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 <b>very</b> lucky bug.

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  • @LifeWithMatthew · 5 years ago

    The 1998 movie felt like it took a Chinese Ballad and reworked it at certain parts to fit American humor and tropes. &nbsp;The 2020 movie felt like some white guys made a movie that they thought was SUPER authentic because they based it on a bunch of bad kung fu movie tropes.

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  • @Vonn_Loren · 5 years ago

    &quot;But Grandma is still Asian-parent-unhappy with Mulan, because she didn&apos;t show up with a boyfriend! &nbsp;...That is truly, like, peak Asian family right there.&quot; &nbsp;Truest statement in the entire video. 😂

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  • @Edmonton-of2ec · 1 year ago

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHC7CnmErM&amp;t=1269">21:09</a> To be fair, Mulan going into the army and impersonating a soldier… is a crime. So her cutting her hair (a punishment for a crime) could be read as thematically appropriate?

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  • @gwammeh · 5 years ago

    “...but then, in this shot, <b>both</b> of these lions have smooth balls, so you know what? They’re gay. They’re gay lions. The palace is guarded by gay lions.”<br><br>I love you.

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  • @Percival917 · 5 years ago

    &gt;&quot;Your body is a gift from your parents. Do not cut your hair.&quot;<br><br>&gt;Mulan cuts her hair when trying to protect her father.<br><br>I r o n y.

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  • @macdongr · 5 years ago

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

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