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From the missing Mushu to flat characters and forced changes, Mulan (2020) tried to reinvent a classic—and crashed hard doing it. Here’s everything that went wrong.

Here’s how to watch Mulan (2020) online today. Directed By: Niki Caro Cast: Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, Jet Li Runtime: 115 minutes ...

Even without Li Shang, the animated movie’s bisexual icon, 2020's live-action Mulan maintains its queerness in not one but two key characters.

The biggest, immediately observable changes were the removal of all the musical numbers, the elimination of the character Mushu, and the splitting of Mulan’s love interest, Li Shang, into two ...

Without Mushu, the movie relies on lame jokes made by Mulan’s male soldier companions about outdated gender roles in marriage to try to bring levity to an international audience.

Without Mushu, the movie relies on lame jokes made by Mulan’s male soldier companions about outdated gender roles in marriage to try to bring levity to an international audience.

He may even be a more nuanced character than Shang, especially when it comes to his sexuality. [Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for Mulan (2020) and Mulan (1998).] Blasphemy, I know.

Mulan’s beloved dragon sidekick, Mushu, sadly does not make it into the 2020 adaptation. A new character, Xian Lang (Gong Li), is added to the story instead. She serves as a sorceress working ...

Others found the movie lacking in comic relief, some even saying they missed Mushu, the wisecracking dragon in Disney’s 1998 animated version of the story.