From its conception, the project has been followed by controversy, delay, and criticism
When the news broke that my childhood favourite film was getting the live-action treatment with a focus on improving it to being more culturally respectful and sensitive, I was overjoyed.
Who will they cast, I thought? How will they treat Shang’s widely discussed sexuality? Will the costume designer pull out all the stops, as Ruth E. Carter did forI dreamed and I planned – and the universe laughed. . Finally, it premiered on 10 March, but as the cast of Asian excellence lined up on the red carpet for photos and interviews, they were followed by the crew – majority of whom were surprisingly very white.As a person of colour, this was incredibly frustrating to see. We were promised that this remake would be a departure from the animated movie’s orientalist roots and a more accurate-to-origin retelling of the Chinese legend and folksong, The Ballad of Mulan, which the movie is based on.
It was a visual slap in the face – an undeniable message from Disney that the Asian people telling this story on screen are mere puppets on strings, with no real control over how their own stories are told. It was also a stark reminder of the unfortunate reality of our lives as people of colour; as much as we’re seeing more of ourselves represented in mass media, we still don’t have authority over our narratives.
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