Even if it wasn’t good, Trial & Error would still be worth it just for the fact that it means more of the all-too rare Will Harris content gets generated around here. But it’s pretty damn funny, and Chenoweth has been delightful this year.

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With the song “A Girl Worth Fighting For,” Mulan implies that while a woman must be “one of the guys” to earn respect from a man, she must dumb herself down to a submissive, gracious housewife type to be desired by one. During the number, the men swiftly brush off Mulan’s suggestion that a smart, outspoken girl is…

It’s quite rare to see a comment section so united in disagreement with the article. Bravo, commentariat!

I was anticipating a headache the moment I saw this article featured front and center in the main page and the contents did not disappoint.

I’ll Never Stop Quoting Coming to America, but I Can’t Ignore Its Colorism

Oh yeah that Mushu scene is total toxic masculinity and not comic relief at all.

Slate has a whole series of articles like this that are literally called, “Pre-woke Watching.” 

Judging by this article, that is indeed what the writer wanted to happen.

And it turned out a couple of bangers in the process.

That was ridiculous. We’re getting too woke for our own good. Pretty soon the idea of anyone succeeding at anything will be offensive.

This, I came here to write something similar so now i’m glad I don’t have too.

Yeah, they should have ended the movie with a huge women’s liberation scene and gender equality throughout the land. Because that’s what happened in China after the year 600 or so.

The implication arguably discourages young women watching the film from believing they can be like her, because they’re told she’s a rare specimen.

So a writer in 1998 was supposed to be aware of the gender politics of 2018? and the whole story is to empower a marginalized member of a patriarchal society while keeping in context of ancient China. But hey, we have to be offended somehow

Agreed. The song essentially serves to introduce the main male soldiers and exhibit that they’re boorish, macho morons. Basically, “this is the culture our heroine has immersed herself in”.

“Your protagonist is too special—she shouldn’t do anything that the average member of the audience can’t do” is the sort of thing the villain would have said if the hero of The Fountainhead had been a screenwriter instead of an architect.

Yawn.

THE DISNEY VAULT IS TOTALLY A CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR ALL OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES!!!!

The implication arguably discourages young women watching the film from believing they can be like her, because they’re told she’s a rare specimen.