Disney: Race
Disney films are movies we all know and love, from young to old. But do you ever watch a Disney film and think "That's not right"? Well, it probably wasn't. Like Mulan, and those Crows off Dumbo
Just The Facts
- Disney films use a lot of different races.
- Every character is an English speaker.
- As long as the character is loosely based on an ethnic race, all is good.
Mulan
A simple Chinese girl who runs away to the army for her ill daddy, after she fails to get a life at home. Shame. Everyone knows she joined the army of China, was run by a Chinese person, and had a Chinese family.
To make things a little more confusing, Mulans legend was recorded in both Chinese and Japanese history, so how does Disney solve this? By, so it seems, making the story Chipanese. (See what I did there? Both Chinese and Japanese. What?)
So, what things could you possibly hide in a generally based Chinese animated movie? The fact the first part of the film is based on Mulan being made up as a Geisha. Geishas are Japanese.
You mean they're not the same?
In China, women would have worn a cheongsam.
Yeah but some one explain the siamese cats from lady and the tramp mmkay? So just cause they where cats of that perticular breed they HAD to have an asian acent and dialect? Total obvious asian steriotype. :/
Reply"In China, women would have worn a cheongsam."
ReplyNot to be a history Nazi, but Mulan is a story that takes place in ANCIENT China. The cheongsam as we know it was developed in the 1900's. Aesthetically speaking, the world of Disney's Mulan is pretty accurate (albeit stylized) representation of the era when the original story took place. What this article refers to as the "Geisha" scene is in fact not geisha (as the article mentioned, they are Japanese), but what was considered aesthetically pleasing for young women in ancient China at the time.