Some critics find Disney's Mulan may have depicted the original story incorrectly. Many observers of the film noticed the trailer's historical inaccuracies, especially the movie's costume design and architectural setting.
MY Mulan doesn’t support police brutality #BoycottMulan pic.twitter.com/fJ2FMrBubH — Urma (@ugly_bird_app) September 3, 2020
The actress, a Chinese-born American citizen, shared a post from People's Daily, a government-run Beijing newspaper.
"I support the Hong Kong police. You can all attack me now. What a shame for Hong Kong," she wrote on the post.
Because of her post, the #BoycottMulan trended on Twitter. Joshua Wong, a prominent activist, also called for "everyone who believes in human rights to #BoycottMulan."
This film is released today. But because Disney kowtows to Beijing, and because Liu Yifei openly and proudly endorses police brutality in Hong Kong, I urge everyone who believes in human rights to #BoycottMulan. https://t.co/utmP1tIWNa — Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 (@joshuawongcf) September 4, 2020
He said in a Twitter post that Disney "kowtows to Beijing" and Liu Yifei proudly and openly supports police brutality in Hong Kong. Wong claimed that Disney and other Hollywood studios are submissive to Beijing, censoring their movies by changing scripts and character nationalities to ensure distribution in China, the second-biggest film market.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
