Rumors of Mulan White-Washing
First and foremost, I cannot wait for the release of the Mulan live-action remake in 2018! I am even happier because Disney squelched the rumors that Mulan could have a white male lead. First of all, without changing the basis for the entire story, how could Mulan possibly have a male lead?! I guess they would have the male play a woman, which could in theory work, but feels like it would undermine the entire premise of the original film's story. Then on top of that, white-washing has "hideously xenophobic implications" showing "Hollywood's insistence on erasing Asian people from their own narratives" (see here). Also, Disney said they would host a "global casting call" for an Asian woman actor. It seems bizarre that they would need to take that broad of a measure to fill the role, showing that maybe Asian women are underrepresented in Hollywood.
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