This version played on gender as well as ideas of national identity against a complicated political backdrop, and some have argued that the renewed interest it sparked in the Mulan story was partly due to its nationalistic overtones and critique of the occupation.
Looking back at the original Mulan legend helps explain the criticism over certain stylistic choices in the film, such as the costume and the architecture. For some, the questions over adaptation and historical accuracy are inextricable from the issue of representation, both onscreen and behind the camera. For others, the strength of the adaptation lies in how well the film conveys the message of the Mulan story. Contact us at letters time. By Suyin Haynes. A painting of Mulan on silk from the eighteenth century.
A still from "Mulan Joins the Army," from Historians say this film highlighted the more nationalistic elements of the original story and helped renew interest in Mulan's tale. There is some evidence that shows women warriors have existed in China since the time her story was created, which mutes the point that she would have to pretend to be a man at all.
This would have put a damper on a few of the movie's famous songs , so it's probably better that Disney decided to stay true to the ballad rather than history itself.
Mulan was all set to be married off to a nice man as she was dressed in traditional garb and made to play the part of a wife. This was true of China as even in the ballad she went home following the war to become a weaver. It does relate to one of her best quotes in the film , as well as the culture in which this film is set which adds to the realism of it all in the eyes of viewers.
A traditional fact of Chinese culture was that women would bind their feet. It would make it so their feet would fit into smaller shoes and was a common practice during the Han Dynasty. Disney never shows this practice, although it is assumed in the ballad that she unbound her feet before heading off on her journey into the heat of battle. She enjoys starting fires in her kitchen and spending time with her husband and son when she's not writing for Valnet, Inc, as an Organic List Writer.
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