Disney Has Responded to the ‘Mulan’ Filming Controversy
By George Robbins
Disney is by far one of the largest media companies in the world in this day and age and it’s no surprise that they get caught up in a lot. They have their hands dipped in so much that it’s no surprise when something ends up happening and they have to fix it somehow. This has happened on a number of occasions in the past, but now so more than ever, it is becoming an issue. This pandemic has made it all the more apparent that Disney is doing everything they can just to make money without actually paying attention to what else is going on in the world. At least, this is what many people are thinking right now as time goes on and things just keep looking worse.
The biggest controversies that we have extensively been hearing about over the past couple of months have been surrounding the reopening of parks and the release of ‘Mulan.’ To put things simply with the parks, people feel that Disney Parks reopened the gates to their parks way too soon and Disney essentially said that they didn’t feel that way. On top of them apparently allowing people to work who tested positive for the virus only complicated this even more. The thing with the release of ‘Mulan’ is just a little more complicated because it involves a couple of things people are upset about. One of those things is the fact the movie had a $30 price tag on top of a subscription fee and the other thing was a little more serious than that.
Many attentive fans out there who watched the movie through saw in the credits a mention about where the movie was filmed. This mention was a thanks to the Xinjiang province which is near Uighur Muslim internment camps in China. These camps are widely known to be a part of what is perceived to be a mass cultural genocide and this mention being put in the movie has sparked outrage among the community. Disney president of film production Sean Bailey recently replied to the outrage by defending the decision to film in that area, saying that those scenes “comprised 78 seconds” of the final film. This doesn’t really do much to quell the anger though as many believe that this is seen as Disney trying to avoid any issues on both sides. Many believe now that Disney simply doesn’t care about human rights issues and only care about placating their money.