Disney THANKS totalitarian communist dictatorship？？ And much more...｜｜ The Scoop Episode 7
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Summary
In this episode of The Scoop, I talk about the controversy surrounding the new Disney+ movie Mulan, the Hong Kong police brutality, and China's human rights abuses in the Xinjiang province. I also talk about how Disney is profiting off of a genocide that is taking place in another country.
Transcript
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Hello, Classic Crew, and welcome to another episode of The Scoop.
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So, if you guys are new here, The Scoop is our chance to just have a little chat, catch up,
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talk about what went on over the course of the week, and just hang out.
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So, grab a cup of coffee, grab a cup of tea, I've got my little fall cup here, which I got at Dollar Tree,
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and I'm really enjoying, and let's get into it.
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So, the first thing I want to talk about today is the movie that just came out on Disney+, which is Mulan.
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You guys probably grew up on the cartoon version of Mulan, just like I did, and I used to love that movie.
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I just recently re-watched it, and I just remembered how good the animation is, and how good the music is,
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and how hilarious Mushu is. I love him, and it's great.
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But, of course, the new movie has had a lot of problems and a lot of controversy.
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So, first of all, it was supposed to be a huge theatrical release.
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Of course, that was pretty limited when coronavirus hit, so that was pushed off a few months.
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And then Disney decided that they were going to release it on Disney+, but this was the first bit of controversy.
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They were going to ask people to pay $30 in addition to their subscription fee that they pay for Disney+, anyways.
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I personally understood why they would do that.
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If you're going to see a movie in theaters, and let's say it's two parents and a child,
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you're probably going to be paying more than $30 just to get tickets for the three of you.
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So, for them to charge $30 for, let's say, an entire family who's going to watch makes sense to me,
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Now, if you're not going to a theater, it's not the same experience, so some people probably didn't enjoy that.
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It is a big-budget movie, and they wanted to make their money back.
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So, I guess it makes sense, especially under the circumstance of COVID-19.
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But the next reasons that the movie had some controversy, I think, are actually pretty warranted.
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So, the star of the movie, the woman who plays Mulan, is named Liu Yifei.
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And on a social media post, she came out and publicly supported the Hong Kong police
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as they are cracking down on protesters who are fighting for democracy in Hong Kong.
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So, a lot of people were wanting to boycott the film because the star of it
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is being pro-communist totalitarian dictatorship.
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And people didn't really want to support a film that has the character of Mulan
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played by a woman who is publicly supporting the Hong Kong police.
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So, the conflict in Hong Kong is a little bit complicated to explain.
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But essentially, what you need to know right now is that Hong Kong is a democracy,
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and China wants to reabsorb it into its communist totalitarian dictatorship.
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And the people of Hong Kong, who have lived under democracy, are now protesting
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as Hong Kong police are cracking down on these protests, and a lot of scary stuff is happening there.
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Now, during the pandemic, China was able to enact a national security law on Hong Kong,
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and the Hong Kong police are basically just working for the Chinese government now.
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So, the people in Hong Kong are being oppressed, and it's really, really scary.
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So, for somebody to support the Hong Kong police during this is appalling.
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And not only did the star of the film support Hong Kong police,
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So, in the credits of Mulan, Disney specifically thanked the government of the Xinjiang province.
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I apologize if I didn't get that exactly right in my pronunciation.
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So, they specifically thanked the government entities of the Xinjiang province,
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They also thanked the public security bureau in the city of Turpan,
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where there are more than a dozen re-education camps of Uyghurs.
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These re-education camps have been reported to have forced sterilization,
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forced political indoctrination, and forced labor.
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These are all horrible, horrible human rights abuses.
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And Disney is thanking this region's government for allowing them to film there
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They are literally profiting off a slow-rolling genocide.
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And I'm personally not interested in seeing Mulan anyways,
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but even if I was interested in seeing it, I would not support this film.
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And the fact that Disney is trying to make a profit off of an area of the world
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where there is a genocide happening is disgusting.
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The fact of the matter is, there are a ton of corporations in America
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that have thrown the people of Hong Kong under the bus,
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that are ignoring the genocide that the Chinese are committing against the Uyghurs in China.
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And it's something that we as people really have to think about.
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Mulan as a movie is one small part of it for us to decide,
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But there are a lot of other things to talk about here and think about.
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And consequences that we have to consider giving as moral people.
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I'd really love to hear your guys' thoughts in the comments on this.
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The fact that Disney is openly supporting China
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And I'd love to hear your guys' thoughts on it too.
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It's a really serious topic and it's something I did want to address.
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And now we're going to be moving on to some more kind of light programming here.
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So I wanted to talk about the fact that over Labor Day weekend,
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Now this is a project I have been wanting to do for a really long time,
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but I just hadn't made the time and I hadn't really sat down and done it.
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So who else has a comforter that slips and slides around in their duvet cover?
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And it makes me hate making my bed, which is so weird.
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And when my comforter is a mess because of the duvet cover,
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So I looked up some tips and tricks online to see what I could do.
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And I figured out that if I put buttons along the top of my comforter
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and little buttonhole loops made of elastic on my duvet cover,
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Because now, our comforter really is in our duvet cover securely.
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And I think it is such a great life hack for you to just take a few minutes.
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It probably took me an hour or an hour and a half because I hand sewed it.
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But if you want to use a machine, you totally can.
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And now, I'm totally in love with our duvet cover.
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But it's a really small thing that makes a huge difference.
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But recently, in a scoop video, I was saying that I want to hold on to summer for as long as possible.
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The thing that made me crave fall all of a sudden was that the weather here really changed.
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And then it was 50 degrees and horrible rainstorms.
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And something about that really swift change at the beginning of September made me feel like,
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And I wanted my home to be cozy when it was that cold outside.
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So I went to Joanne's, HomeGoods, the Dollar Tree, Target, and I bought some candles.
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And I found so much good stuff at the Dollar Tree, number one.
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And it just made our whole house feel so much cozier.
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But apparently, I have now become okay with fall coming in a little bit early.
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I'm so excited, though, with how my decor back here is looking.
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A few things from last year that I was using to decorate the house I brought into my studio.
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And I got a few other things for the house from, like I said, the Dollar Tree, which has some really good options.
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There are a bunch of different places that you can look for kind of inexpensive home decor that can just make your house feel a little bit cozier and warmer.
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And I think the idea of giving yourself a budget before you leave the house and saying, okay, I only want to spend this amount,
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it gives you just a little bit more of a boundary because it's very easy to spend a lot when you're looking at home decor.
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So I know I liked having a budget when I went out to shop.
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And it's something you can build on a little bit every year.
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So I spent the amount that I'm going to spend this year.
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And then I might spend a little bit next year and just constantly kind of grow the collection so that the house just feels warm and cozy.
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And that's something that I really have been enjoying as the weather has been terrible outside.
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But I've really been feeling that, okay, fall is coming.
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Maybe part of that is that with coronavirus and the pandemic, it's just nice to have like a cozy at home feeling.
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You like being at home more because you have to be at home more anyway.
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And I want to know what's your favorite thing about fall?
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So something that I think kind of goes along with this feeling of the seasons changing is this really strong urge to declutter.
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But I've been wanting to declutter my closet, my shoes, my bathroom.
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I've just been feeling like I want to get rid of things.
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One of the pairs that I got rid of is actually my first pair of heels that I ever owned.
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I got on huge sale from Ann Taylor for $16 and I think I wore them twice.
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So clearly wasn't that great of a purchase even though they were on sale.
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I also went through our bathroom and reorganized everything.
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And just our drawers and our closet in there are a lot more cleaned out.
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I also went through my makeup and I got rid of things that I hadn't used in a while.
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And I'm really excited about it because it's making me use the stuff that I still have.
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And I gave the things that I didn't want to a good friend of mine.
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And now I feel much more intentional and deliberate about what I do have in my makeup collection.
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And in cleaning out my closet a little bit, I made a huge discovery.
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I either want to wear dresses or I want to wear pants and a top.
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But skirts, unless it's a very specific kind of skirt, it's just not something I would choose to wear.
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And so I don't want to keep the skirts that I have just so that I have skirts.
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So I'm going to get rid of most of my skirts because I just don't like wearing them that much.
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And it's just a funny kind of realization because I've always been somebody who's owned a lot of skirts.
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I don't love the way that they work with my body type.
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And I prefer to just wear dresses or to wear a blouse and some pants.
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And it's an odd realization, but it is something that I figured out.
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But I'm excited because I can keep buying pieces that I do like, making my closet really feel personal
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and feel like it's my style that fills my closet and not just things that I need to own because someone says I have to.
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The last thing I want to talk about is something that I have been watching, and that is Boy Meets World.
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I grew up on Boy Meets World, and I absolutely love that show.
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I wish I had him as a neighbor and as a teacher.
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There's so much to learn from it, and I love the idea of kids watching this show for the most part.
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And I think that this show deals with some mature topics in a way that does teach kids good lessons.
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And I loved the idea that Cory and Topanga wait until marriage to be intimate.
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I love that so much because it's so rare for TV shows to do that, and it made me so happy when I watched the show.
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It's just a wonderful, wonderful lesson for young people to take away.
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It's just a really well done show, and it teaches some great lessons, and it's really funny, and I just have really been enjoying it.
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So if you haven't watched Boy Meets World, I would definitely check it out, especially if you are thinking about maybe starting a TV show with your kids.
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Maybe watch it, see if you think it's appropriate, and then you can share it with them or whatever you think.
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But it is a great show to watch, and it's just a lot of fun, especially if you grew up on it.
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Then you can kind of reminisce with what you used to watch.
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So that is it for this week's episode of The Scoop.
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Let me know in the comments what you've been watching lately, if you've done any kind of home decor things, if you are ready for fall.
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