No Shang
Heard the character was eliminated from the script. Wonder why?
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Not sure since Mulan will have a love interest except his name is Chen.
shareIf I recall correctly, it may have had to do with Shang Yu and the Mongols negative portrayal in the animated films. China’s government censors many things, including films. And a film’s negative portrayal of portions of Chinese culture (including Mongols) probably wouldn’t sit well with the Chinese government. The last thing Disney wants is to spend $300 million on a film that targets China, only for it to be denied a release in China by their government. China is by far the largest foreign box office market in the world and the only one that comes close to the size of the North American box office. You are literally leaving up to a potential $600-700 million on the table if you don’t get a movie release in China.
I believe the new antagonist will be a witch.
The Huns are still in the movie;Jason Scott Lee plays the leader. But correct, now they’re in league with a witch played by Gong Li.
shareWell, the animated movie referred to them as Huns.
share[–] HarlemEagle42 (2395) 5 months agoGiven that the live action version has the principal invader as Bori Khan this rendition will have the armies of the Rouran Khaganate be the antagonists. They are neither Huns nor Mongols.
The Huns are still in the movie; Jason Scott Lee plays the leader. But correct, now they’re in league with a witch played by Gong Li.
Wait, do you mean Shang, as in Mulan's love interest, or Shan-Yu, the leader of the Huns? Because if they got rid of Mulan's love interest, I'm not watching it. I'm sick of this feminist "I don't need a man" shit going on in Disney films these days!
sharePretty sure they are referring to Li Shang (Genral Li's son) as not being the principal love interest for Mulan.
You're not going to be happy with the Internet's version of the Mulan/Li Shang budding relationship though as there are those on the internet who make Li Shang bi-sexual for being romantically interested in Ping, who he thinks a male. It is Li Shang who pursues Mulan. Not to say that Mulan isn't interested in him. Lots of genre subverting narratives going on in this film. The gravely voiced, rough and tumble Yao is performed by the openly gay Harvey Firestein. Chien-Po is soft spoken, effeminate and the local girls think that Ping is a charmer even though he projects limited masculinity?
With all that said NONE of that affected how I saw the film. Mulan was a female protecting her family and her father and wasn't trying to be a man or was coming out as gay. 😎
Li Shang was a stud but he really wasn't necessary in the telling of the story of Mulan. As a matter of fact a love interest for Mulan wasn't as necessary as the friends that surrounded her.