Mulan is the first Asian Disney character that I believe you can kind of be cheerful about. She is included as one of Disney's princesses, but she is technically not a princess. Plus she had to pretend to be a man to do anything in the film until we get to the end of the film. Kind of seems sexist, but history has always been like that. So I don't really have a problem with Mulan cross-dressing as a man but should an Animation really be historically accurate?
I can imagine that this film helps little girls of Asian heritage that the men rule the world, you have to dress like a man to have a chance, you have to have pearly white skin, thin body, etc. I don't think we should let children watch Disney in general as it really just shows that women need the help of a man to be rescued like we haven't seen enough of that (Zelda Series, Mario Series, Disney Films, etc). So instead of watching this, I fully support showing children Hayao Miyazaki's films.
Why? Most of His films feature a princess but each princess is kind of a badass (excuse my American). You have Nascaa who everyone kind of respects her, she's intelligent, dresses modestly, will fight if she has to, doesn't wait for a man to save her, etc.
Instead, we have a film like Mulan to show children, even a lot of Chinese people disliked the film because it was vastly different from the myths.
I'm going to stop here as Disney kind of controls the world, so I don't want to poke a bear too much especially in my situation.
