A boy looks at a poster promoting Disney movie Mulan outside a cinema on the day it opened in Beijing. The film has been pilloried internationally and given a lukewarm reception by Chinese cinema-goers. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
How Disney’s misconceived Mulan lost the Chinese audience it so cravenly courted
- Disney lost Chinese film-goers because they watched Mulan through a magnifying glass, looking for errors of cultural representation and historical inaccuracies
- They found plenty. For starters, Disney doesn’t understand qi. On top of that are plot changes, dire action scenes, bland characters and lifeless acting
A boy looks at a poster promoting Disney movie Mulan outside a cinema on the day it opened in Beijing. The film has been pilloried internationally and given a lukewarm reception by Chinese cinema-goers. Photo: AFP
