Yifei Liu
Made films the shows talk about.
Wikidata Q242676: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Mulan, which Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation credits them on.
Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Mulan (2020).
Draws on
What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they acted in:
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ⇒ Mulan (the host's read).
The remake's wuxia/mystical style follows the wave of Chinese films that grew popular after Crouching Tiger and the Zhang Yimou films.
“they've gotten very big, kind of post, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and the Jang Yi-Mu films”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:28:58 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)
Harry Potter (films/books): 1 line
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contrast (contrast) · through Mulan (2020), which they acted in:
Harry Potter (films/books) ⇒ Mulan (the host's read).
The remake's fox, witch, and magic lore feel borrowed from Harry Potter and Game of Thrones without gelling.
“There is these kind of, um, Game of Thrones and uh, Harry Potter kind of lore.”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:33:28 · Jason Concepcion (0.75 sure it was them)
Hero (2002): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they acted in:
Hero ⇒ Mulan (the host's read).
The remake borrows wuxia conventions in an attempt to appeal to international audiences, reading as a try at remaking Hero or House of Flying Daggers.
“it really just feels like an attempt to remake hero or house of flying daggers, which obviously makes sense to Amanda's point about appealing to international audiences”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:29:22 · Jason Concepcion (0.80 sure it was them)
Mulan (1998): 1 line
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lineage (lineage) · through Mulan (2020), which they acted in:
Mulan ⇒ Mulan (the host's read).
Sean says the remake is what happens when filmmakers do not know what is good about the original.
“I think Mulan is kind of what happens when you don't really know what's good about your movie.”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:26:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Drawn on by
What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.
No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.
What the speakers said they did
Acting (1) everyone in acting
- star (Mulan), Mulan (The Big Picture, Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation)
What was said about them, by kind
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Mulan → Yifei Liu.
Sean says Liu's tweet backing Hong Kong police triggered a #BoycottMulan movement a year before release.
“triggered the hashtag band Mulan movement when she tweeted support for Hong Kong police”
The Big Picture · Did Disney’s ‘Mulan’ Experiment Work? A Binge Mode Investigation · 0:56:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
Fun items about them
None.