Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "The Chinese React To Disney’s Mulan Trailer | ASIAN BOSS" video.

Well it's hardly surprising. Why should western schools spend time teaching students about the Ballad of Mulan, when Mulan as a historical figure played no part whatsoever in shaping western history? You only have so much time in primary school. Priorities have to be made, and thus it's only more sensible to focus on historical figures more close to home. Mulan should be more of a subject taught as an option in university for western students.
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I'm not american, but European, but I do care much about authenticity. For example: I hate dubbed films and television series, or movies supposedly located in non-english speaking countries yet all actors speak english. It destroys immersion for me. If a movie takes place in China or Japan, then I want the actors to speak Mandarin, Cantonese or Japanese, with subtitles for me to read. It makes the story more immersive.
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@kukuandkookie I disagree. I don't think anyone has any right to interfere with the creative process of another outside of choosing to pay or not to pay for admission to it. If Disney or any other company or artist want to make a film inspired by Mulan, then whatever choices in casting, writing or cinematography they make is their prerogative. Now if China wants a more "accurate portrayal" of the story, then they should make one themselves rather than trying to tell someone else how they should make their project. I really hate how entitled people act in the way that they do things like starting outrage mobs online to basically order film companies, video game developers, comic book artists etc. how their stories should be written or which actors to cast or whatever. People in general should focus more on realizing their own visions rather than try to mess with the visions of others.
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@rickr9435 : The first Mulan film Disney made, did pretty well in China when it was released, despite being historically inaccurate. So clearly, Disney does not need your input or suggestions. As to learning litterature from other countries: students already do that in the west. It's in the curriculum. But the Ballad of Mulan is not included, because it hasn't had much of an impact in forming western societies. Like I said: time is limited and priorities have to be made.
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@lzxcandy : Only pathetic left wing SJW's complain about "cultural appropriation". You can't own a culture. You can be the originator of one, but it doesn't exclusively belong to any individual or group. I am free to "appropriate" whichever culture I want, and no one has any legal or moral right to stop me.
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@letmedream84 : Did you miss James Camerons Pocahontas? Okay, so maybe turned the native americans into giant, blue cat-looking aliens, but the story is pretty much the same. :P
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Ming Na was the voice actor for the animatwd version of Mulan. She's Chinese.
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@lzxcandy : I'm wondering how much Disney really cares about the Chinese market, or how much the Chinese population wants the film to be further tailored to cater to their cultural history. After all, the animated version of Mulan was pretty popular in China despite being historically and culturally inaccurate. It wasn't exactly a box office bomb in Chinese theaters. Companies aren't always very concerned with every market in the world. This is especially noticeable in Japan for example, where video game developers outright ignore the american and european markets altogether. Nintendo is an especially glaring example since they stay afloat and turn a profit from the Japanese market alone (apparently the Japanese just can't get enough of yet another installment in the Super Mario series or the Zelda series). So it would be interesting to listen in on the boardroom meetings at Disney to see where their priorities lie.
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@krabbcake8371 : Why don't you PROVE me wrong instead? I'm not going to do any research more than I already have just to humour you. You're a random nobody on the internet that doesn't really have any impact on my daily life. So why don't you appeal to my rational self-interest as to why I should take any advice from you?
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@陳潔明-w6y : Why should I have any problem with "whitewasing"? It's not my film production. Therefore it's not my choice of who gets cast for what role.
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@018pod6 : That's not really cultural history but scientific history. The scientific community is more international.
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@aspireistoinspirebeforewee3519 The mongols affected pretty much all of the known world during the zenith of their civilisation. Even threatening European kingdoms at the time. Hua Mulan did not affect Europe or much of the world. Only in China is she a relevant historical figure.
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@cherryblack420 : You can get "real" chinese food in america. It was after all imported to the U.S by actual Chinese people who migrated to the U.S for work on the railroad network.
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@linustw : I'll try anything once. In my country we like to eat fermented herring in the summer. The smell of which makes most people in the world gag and nearly vomit. So century eggs does not scare me. But you're being disingenous when you portray it as if the chinese kitchen is only composed of century eggs. There are a plethora of authentic chinese dishes that are very palatable to pretty much any human in the world, regardless of which country they're from. It's food for humans after all. Not aliens from some distant planet.
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Yes, Chinese culture is very appealing... Except for the part when Mao came into the picture. Mao and communism ruined everything.
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@yongchai7902 : Not really. I just need to count the amount of historical artifacts that were destroyed by the communists, and the millions of people murdered or forced to die of starvation due to the decisions made by the communists. Communism is cancer, and I pity the Chinese for having been forcibly subjected to it.
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@MagicalKid : So there is no reason to interfere with Disney's decisiins then.
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ComaBerenices Be my guest. If you want to portray Martin Luther King as a crossdressing pedophile who also engage in bestiality then that's your call. Can't expect me to pay to see it however, but you are still free to make it.
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@linustw : That's a load of tripe. Locals are curious about authentic chinese cuisine. What some chinese restaurants do is they have both options on the menu. Also, you're being quite bigoted if you assume that the chinese chefs and restaurant owners create these dishes purely for the sake of "appealing to americans". Chefs experiment and take influences from various national kitchens all the time, including chinese chefs. You'd be surprised to find that in quite a lot or cases, the "non-traditional" dishes are created on the chefs initiative rather than the customers. You can't put your own mark on your food if you follow "tradition" like a slave. At some point, you're going to have to be inventive.
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Shlok Chitnis Yeah, that is very strange. I live in Scandinavia, even closer to the U.S than India. And we didn't learn anything about U.S history in school whatsoever.
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@deacudaniel1635 Why is that a problem? Food impacts their daily lives. Everybody has to eat. The culture of some country on the other side of the globe does not impact their daily life. So why should they be so concerned about it?
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@haileymueller6153 I'm fairly certain that Taco Bell offers "tex-mex" and not mexican food. Tex-mex is a fusion between Texan and Mexican food traditions, and not pure Texan or Mexican. So of course it's going to be different from traditional mexican cuisine.
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@Nanancay Perhaps. What I was remarking upon however was how arrogant some people seem when they exhibit disdain towards other people for not knowing much about Chinese culture beyond the food. As if everyone in the world should know everything there is to know about THEIR culture. It's very bigoted. I don't know anything about the culture or history of Khazakstan. I know that it is a country that exist. I know that Sasha Baron Cohen the comedia poked fun at the country with his "Borat" character. But that's about a far as my knowledge extends about the country. It's history and culture just hasn't played a huge part in my life or my countrys history, so there's never been a reason or need for me to study the country's history or culture whatsoever. I'm fairly certain the same situation applies to most people living in Khazakstan. I won't hold it against them if the Khazaks don't know anything about my homeland, because we simply haven't had that much cultural exchange to begin with.
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