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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