Podcasts Culture Lez Geek Out!cast Episode 110: Mulan: Does it Hold up?

Episode 110: Mulan: Does it Hold up?

Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 5 a.m.

Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0discuss the 1998 Disney animated film\xa0Mulan\xa0to determine whether it holds up after 23 years. They discuss its representation, gender, what it might have meant to different audiences, how it may have resonated with certain people, and the story it told.\xa0

Note: the story of\xa0Mulan\xa0is\xa0derived from a\xa0centuries-old\xa0Chinese poem/ballad\xa0created during the Wei Dynasty.\xa0

1998 trailer\xa0

Shout-outs!\xa0Lise\xa0recommends the\xa0The\xa0Vault, which she watched on Netflix. It\u2019s a heist movie (both\xa0Lise\xa0and Andi are huge fans of heist movies). In it, an engineer and his team are trying to crack an allegedly impenetrable safe beneath the Bank of Spain.\xa0Andi shouts out\xa0alcohol-free spirits! Get creative and enjoy a tasty and sober (and much lower calorie) happy hour. She\u2019s also been bingeing the true crime podcast\xa0Park Predators, which deals with murders in national parks.\xa0

In the course of the discussion, Lise mentioned Kameron Hurley\u2019s essay: \u201c\u2018We Have Always Fought\u2019: Challenging the \u2018Women, Cattle, and Slaves\u2019 Narrative\u201d. The full text can be viewed at the link, and also in Hurley\u2019s book of essays Geek Feminist Revolution, which Lise also highly recommends.