12/5/2023 0 Comments Chinese company super hero films![]() ![]() But no amount of kung fu can save a movie containing Western stereotypes about Chinese culture and a character originating from a racist background when it was originally created for the comics. Shang-Chi is full of Chinese cultural elements, the most highlighted part is that lead character Xu Shang-Chi, played by Canadian actor Simu Liu, saves people through Chinese martial arts, or kung fu. ![]() It seems it must be the only right move that Disney made: Asian superhero movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was not released in the Chinese mainland yet, because even if mainland audiences had been given the opportunity to see it in cinemas, it very likely would have received the same reception as Disney's Mulan, a 2020 work aimed at Chinese audiences that met its Waterloo in the country. ![]() Simu Liu and Jayden Zhang, who respectively play the older and younger versions of Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, attend the premiere of the film. ![]()
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