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Jul. 11th, 2019 20:56![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aubergionI finally got around to watching the new Mulan trailer and.... oh boy. The mixed feelings are intensifying rapidly. On the one hand - I love the costumes. I love Mulan as a story, and I was deeply attached to 1998 Mulan as a kidlet. On the other hand - I didn't imagine how much having a 90% mainlander Chinese cast with audible accents would end up bothering me, in a way I couldn't quite explain until I saw Joshua Luna explain it much more eloquently on Twitter [link].
TLDR: I am not looking forward to seeing a bunch of white writers pander to mainland China's one-China fantasy for cash moneys, and it feels about as likely to represent me as half a dog and half a fish would adequately represent a seal.
Like, I legit felt more seen by the angels and demons in Good Omens (2019) and their casual apathy towards gender (the quartermaster angel in his mustache and smart skirt, Lord Beelzebub and zir fly hat, Crowley's casual genderfluidity in general), even though the number of East Asian characters was zero, than this trailer, just because it felt so.. natural. It wasn't a big deal, that's just How Things Were.
And yet, I'm probably still going to go and see Mulan. Because... I'm a masochist, I guess? Or maybe I'm just used to it.
TLDR: I am not looking forward to seeing a bunch of white writers pander to mainland China's one-China fantasy for cash moneys, and it feels about as likely to represent me as half a dog and half a fish would adequately represent a seal.
Like, I legit felt more seen by the angels and demons in Good Omens (2019) and their casual apathy towards gender (the quartermaster angel in his mustache and smart skirt, Lord Beelzebub and zir fly hat, Crowley's casual genderfluidity in general), even though the number of East Asian characters was zero, than this trailer, just because it felt so.. natural. It wasn't a big deal, that's just How Things Were.
And yet, I'm probably still going to go and see Mulan. Because... I'm a masochist, I guess? Or maybe I'm just used to it.
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Date: 2019-07-12 13:45 (UTC)