We’re lucky enough today that things are much better for women than they were in ancient China, or even 100 years ago.” Elizabeth’s Love of DisneyĮlizabeth’s introduction to Disney was watching classic Disney films as a young girl. She doesn’t want them to “have to mold to fit into a role for society. She hopes that her daughters see the stories differently and learn to be themselves. “Having grown up in an Asian household, my mom could be strict at times, and I projected that,” but she felt that Mulan needed more support. “I made a little too strict,” she admits. “Personally,” Elizabeth confesses, “I didn’t feel super comfortable being able to recreate Eddie Murphy’s voice in the film” which opened up an opportunity to “exploring ShiShi, Shang’s Guardian.” Mulan From A Parent PerspectiveĪs the parent of two beautiful daughters, Elizabeth appreciates that the new Mulan film keeps the mom in the story, and more importantly “that her mom is such a consoling character and understanding”. Writing “this twisted tale made it slightly different, and it was a lot of fun to write”.įans may wonder why the beloved Mushu does not journey with Mulan, a tough omission for the writer. Like many epic journeys, Elizabeth, together with her editor, “came up with the idea of Mulan going into the underworld and encountering all these mythical characters from Chinese folklore”.
Reflection: A Twisted Tale is different because “it could be seen as an episode contained within the movie” itself, but does not take away from the Disney version. “Folklore and mythology have always been a pretty cultural and popular trope in Chinese dramas and movies and stories and legends like Mulan,” said Elizabeth, “ so it’s pretty ingrained in my childhood.” When she had the opportunity to tell the story from Mulan’s perspective with a Disney lens, she jumped at the chance.
Before writing Reflection, Elizabeth had already started writing a Mulan-inspired “The Blood of Stars” duology featuring Spin the Dawn and Unravel the Dusk.
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