Monday, April 28, 2014

Mulan

Mulan, the fearless warrior who saves her village, and sacrifices herself for the better good of her family especially her father. When you think about the story in general we finally think children will be given a strong female role model, but as in other cases we again wrong. To begin with Mulan, another multiracial female, is known for breaking the law and disobeying her family by joining the army even though she was trying to do good for everyone. 

Then we see throughout the film she is being advised by a tiny male dragon, and that she is eventually saved the man she falls in love with by being spared when it is found out that she is a women. We can also see the intense pressure from the beginning that Mulan receives to get married just like every other Disney film talked about. Not one female can truly be strong all by themselves throughout a Disney movie, and this can negatively impact children.



                Racism is also very evident in this film when you look at how stereotypical the characters are drawn especially Chi Fu. 

This character is drawn like a caricature with emphasized facial features and he also has an extremely heavy accent. Another reason this movie can be considered to be racist because everything in the film is stereotypical Asian rather than the traditional cultural aspects. Also if you look at a lot of the evil huns warriors you can see a trend of handlebar mustaches with their leader having yellow eyes, vampire teeth, and massive claws.

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