Disney’s Mulan promises a live action version of its animated classic, but controversy erupts over the film credits which thank Communist Chinese authorities, including those in the city of Turpan, in Xinjiang. Turpan’s concentration camps and forced sterilization of Uyghur people conjures genocidal campaigns of the past, but at least Disneyland Shanghai doesn’t feel the pinch.
Has this latest expression of amoral corporate greed earned Disney the sardonic brands of Mouschwicz and Duckau?
Background Resource:
Why Disney’s New Mulan is a Scandal
[The Washington Post, September 7, 2020]
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