I am okay with people writing and directing stories outside of their ethnicity and culture, but with how “authentic” and “realistic” the new film looks/ is marketed, it feels like there should have been a bigger push for representation / actual research. https://twitter.com/alexanderchee/status/1302997428531060738

Idk everytime I see people saying that people should write or direct stories that they arn’t from, then the original Mulan or almost all the Ghibli films shouldn’t exist and that’s kinda a bad take :/

Idk having someone from your specific community helming a project doesn’t save it from being inherently westernised, I know this from *coughcrazyrichasians* cough

I think if you want real authenticity, you’ll never get it from global films, support local filmmakers instead.

I don't mind films having to be palatable for western & global audiences, it's okay to eat the occasional popcorn and studios to make bank over empty calories. But touting your film as authentic/ the truer story of Mulan is just :/

I think with animation and musicals with how fun and emotive the whole narrative is. Everyone knows that the authenticity question is thrown out of the window and TBH, that's always the better move for most global films and what most of us expect from funny man mouse company.

I'm just bored of live action being taken seriously seen as the cooler alternative from the new cool and edgy man-mouse company with too much money now uh oh.

Just admit that any live action films from there is the california-roll version of the original narrative. It's cool.

But being on this site for too long and talking to people outside of it makes you realise that most people from your community really don't care nor think too much about stuff like these and I'm beginning to wonder if this site is poisoning me lol.

anyways take it easy guys.