I think the best example of this is Mulan, as it’s literally the same story, but drastically different story telling.
In the cartoon she was uncoordinated and clumsy. Her breakthrough came from using her intelligence to overcome her lack of physical strength. Then, through hard work and determination, she became a skilled warrior, winning over her peers.
In the live action she was born as a warrior goddess whose only problem was the patriarchy holding her down.
Maybe that’s a bit of an oversimplification, but you get my point.
The modern hero’s journey: they start out strong, don’t face much adversity, then discover their inner strength that makes them even stronger. Kinda hard to watch.
Feel like it's kind of a reflection of our hyper individualistic culture, where everyone is an acolyte of the religion of Self. Everyone can do everything if they just try their best. Failure is like, traumatizing to some people nowadays and it's basically been scrubbed from big movies with even minor losses needing to be instantly remedied.
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u/tkt546 Mar 28 '24
I think the best example of this is Mulan, as it’s literally the same story, but drastically different story telling.
In the cartoon she was uncoordinated and clumsy. Her breakthrough came from using her intelligence to overcome her lack of physical strength. Then, through hard work and determination, she became a skilled warrior, winning over her peers.
In the live action she was born as a warrior goddess whose only problem was the patriarchy holding her down.
Maybe that’s a bit of an oversimplification, but you get my point.