Title: Mulan |
Release Date: 1998 |
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Running time: 90 min |
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Director; Writer: Barry Cook |
Producer: Pam Coats |
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Technical: animation |
Relevance to DOASKDOTELL site: Women in the military |
Movie Review: Mulan (1998); Touchstone/Disney; 90 Minutes; G; 9.0/10 Produced: Pam Coats. Directed: Barry Cook Music: Jerry Goldsmith. Story supervision/Screenwriting: Christopher Sanders This animated feature is
a very spirited treatment of the subject of military honor and family
loyalty, set historically in ancient Although this film was
produced to appeal to families and children, it has a rather obvious adult
political subtext, namely, the whole debate over military readiness and the
appropriate roles for women in the military and even, indirectly, for gays.
The hypothetical presumption that women and (more recently) gays will
undermine unit cohesion (particularly behind the |
Related reviews: Latter days etc. Men of Honor |
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