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Where Is Mushu? And Five Other Questions About the Mulan Trailer

Every Disney live-action update comes with a litany of questions. Why does that lion look like that? How do I get my cheekbones to pop like Angelina Jolie’s? Wait, there are two Jon Favreaus? The arrival of the new Mulantrailer is no exception. Ahead of its release, some people were expecting the film to be a musical, like the 1998 U.S. animated version. Others were expecting a realistic adaptation of the original Chinese folk ballad that dates back to the sixth century. Everyone prayed it would be nothing like the leaked script from 2016. We’re still months out from the movie’s March 2020 release, so we don’t know exactly what’s what yet. But in the spirit of curiosity, let’s try to wrap our heads around some answers to the specific Mulan q’s out there — that way we can focus on other issues, like what an Awkwafina seagull will be like.

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