Okay, so short disclaimer: Mulan is one of my favorite Disney movies. It's not my favorite (that title belongs to Beauty and the Beast) but it's really one I always loved. I know it has flaws, and there are parts I don't particularly care for, but it is still one I hold close to my heart. I read the Ballad of Mulan when I was in college and it was rather short, simple, sweet, and enjoyable.
When I saw Extra Credits was tackling it...well I was interested. After watching it, I will say that, to their credit, they got the basics down...but they added A LOT to try and sell a narrative. Normally this wouldn't be enough for me to make a response video, but they also decide to pick on Disney for adding stuff........I'm sorry but if you're gonna start throwing rocks in glass houses, don't be surprised when something shatters. So...here we go.

For reference, I want ya'll to know that I looked at TWO different translations of the original ballad and the Tang Dynasty translations too when making this. I will link all three below:
The Columbia University translation: http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/chin...
The Wikipedia translation: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Transl...
And the Tang Dynasty Translation: https://mulanbook.com/pages/tang/song...

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