- [Crissy] We've been preparing for this moment,
there's no turning back now.
(dramatic music)
- [Crissy] Oh my god, that's my hair.
(mysterious music)
- Hey dudes,
welcome back to our labeutory.
I'm Chrissy.
- And I'm Cissy.
- So we were reading some of the comments on our last video
and a lot of you were saying some pretty interesting stuff.
- Like what?
- One comment was so bad it made our legal team cringe.
(dramatic music)
Can you cut your hair like Mulan from Disney
with one swift sword wave?
- This sounds extremely dangerous.
- So we knew we had to do it.
Here's the deal,
Mulan is a teen in a time when people
have to fight for their country.
So she's like oh shit dude,
I gotta like pretend to be a guy
so my dad doesn't die,
because I'm a boss bitch and I'm also really sweet.
There is a pivotal scene,
it's like pouring rain.
She hugs a pole,
runs fulls speed with drenched hair
into a pitch black room with nothing but a curtain.
She's like I'm gonna do it,
right here, right now.
Not with scissors,
fuck scissors.
Looks at herself in her sword reflection,
she's like shit I would look good with a bob.
Maybe, she didn't say that.
And then be like I'm just gonna cut it all off.
And then she just like puts in a high bun
and she's like bye.
Wait.
- I could do it.
- Dude, with a fucking sword?
- But I'd look cute with a bob.
- But, you might die
without a bob.
- Mulan.
- Alright, alright.
- Mulan.
- Alright, alright.
(fighting music)
- Ha.
- Hi.
- Hi, how's it going?
- Good, who are you?
- I am Master Bruce Wen from the Shaolin Temple in China.
- The movie Mulan.
Can you tell us a little bit about the Chinese history?
- Mulan took place during the Northern and Southern Dynasty.
And let me tell you how the dynasty work, okay?
If I happen to be the king of this dynasty, right?
If you wanna be the king,
you gotta kill me.
- Oh shit, baby.
In Mulan she cuts off her hair with a sword in one swipe.
Do you think that's possible?
- I think it is possible as long as she doesn't hold back.
- Oh, so it's up to you.
- As long as she has the strength.
It's up to her.
The person makes the weapon,
not the weapon makes the person.
- This is deep, Bruce.
- Yes.
- I'm feeling inspired and also like
I wanna kill someone at the same time.
(beep)
What are all the things that could possibly
go wrong cutting your hair with a sword?
- There's many possibilities.
If she done anything wrong,
she could easily cut her neck,
she could maybe accidentally cut her head,
or if the sword falls,
she could cut somebody else.
(scream)
I would say it is 90% to 100% dangerous.
At least.
So she's putting her life at risk for cutting her hair.
- Do you think a bob is worth it?
- Yeah.
(laughs)
- [Bruce] Today, we will be learning the straight sword,
which is one of the four major weapon of the martial arts.
- Cissy, ready to do this?
- Let's do this.
- It's very important that we don't die
'cause we only live once, right?
(dramatic music)
These weapon here is the old Chinese sword
that they use in Mulan.
- Cissy, hold it.
Which sword should Cissy use to cut her hair?
- According to her height,
(Cissy gasps)
this is what we call the double edge sword, okay?
See this is pink,
it's gonna turn red when there's blood.
- Oh.
- This one I have since (speaking foreign language).
Means the dragon within the dragon.
So the dragon within you.
- Being able to recreate this moment,
make Disney proud and make Mulan proud
by doing this over again,
is just something that dreams are made of.
- We will do our best to bring out a dragon in you.
- Yes, bitch.
Love it.
(rock music)
Cissy had to learn the basics
of martial arts sword fighting.
You know, you can't quite learn like thousands of years
worth of history in like a couple hours,
but Cissy fucking killed it.
- Two, three, go.
(chop)
- I was amazed that she was able to chop the wood in half.
- I couldn't help but be inspired.
To see her like actually moving around
in something that wasn't high heels
was a really big deal for me.
- In order to chop my hair with a sword,
there are several things that I'm gonna have to accomplish.
- I'd have to think about holding out my arm,
bending it at an angle so that
when the sword comes through it doesn't cut me.
And then at the same time,
come straight through my hair at a 45 degree angle.
So not 46, not 44,
but 45's the magic number for tomorrow.
- [Bruce] That's it.
You see how that works?
- Tomorrow is going to be very interesting.
Because you only get one shot, baby.
- Today is my last day seeing you as Cissy.
Tomorrow, I'll be seeing you as the legendary.
You know what's the difference
between a legend and legendary?
- The dary?
- Yes.
Tomorrow you're gonna be the legendary Mulan.
It is not a matter of how do I think
Cissy is gonna do tomorrow,
it is a matter of how she's gonna think
she's gonna do tomorrow.
- Am I just gonna kill myself?
Am I gonna give myself a bad haircut?
- She could accomplish the goal of cutting her hair
with a real sword if she believes that she could do it.
A warrior does not stop.
Mulan does not stop.
Mulan keeps on going.
I hope nobody dies in the set theater, okay? (chuckles)
- I'm ready.
Let's go. - Yes, let's do this.
- (clap) One. (clap)
two. (clap)
One. Two. (clap)
there you go. (clap)
Three, four. (clap)
There you go.
(clap)
- Cissy, you spent all day training with Bruce,
but today things are getting serious.
- I'm like legitimately nervous.
The sword is being sharpened today,
it's actually going to be a weapon.
There are people all around the set
just hoping I don't kill myself on accident.
- You won't, right?
I know this is fucking Disney and Disney seems chill,
but this experiment,
not chill at all.
We have to take serious safety precautions.
I'm not fucking around,
don't try this at home.
Teens, adults, babies,
you can't try it either.
What we're gonna do today to make sure no one dies,
we're going to have you wear full body armor,
protection around your neck,
arm protection,
we're not gonna cover the nails though
'cause those are cute.
Also your face is out 'cause you have to cut your hair,
so you can't wear a helmet
which is a precaution that we should have taken,
but we didn't, sorry.
But we do have a paramedic onsite
and you cannot get hurt.
We love you,
we want you to be here.
Ready to cut all this little hair off?
- Ready as I'm ever gonna be.
- Alright, let's go.
- We've been preparing for this moment,
it's finally here.
There's no turning back down noq.
(dramatic music)
(slice)
(gasp)
No.
That didn't happen.
(gasping)
It cut some of it.
It didn't go through all of it.
Oh my god, that's my hair.
Holy shit.
- You have half a bob.
- I have half of one?
- You have literally half a bob right now.
- I have half a bob.
- You have half a bob.
- Holy shit, I have a bob right now.
(laughter)
(rock music)
(slice)
(laughter)
(dramatic music)
(gasps)
She needs to really grip that hair tighter.
- We're gonna take a smaller portion.
- This is Cissy's fifth attempt.
She's gonna saw the shit out of her hair.
(sawing)
- It's all gone now.
(beep)
- Crissy, we kind of did it.
(Crissy squeals)
Oh my goodness.
Okay, what's happening here is a true diagonal.
Mulan did not look like that.
Since this turned out a little less than ideal,
we have David hear to fix it,
a professional hairstylist.
Hey. - Hey.
- Oh my gosh.
Okay, Anne Hackaway.
(laughter)
What happened here?
Are you ready to be transformed
into the real woman that you need to be?
- Just take me with you.
(David laughs)
- Get the bob of your dreams.
I'll just be here.
Cissy.
Are you ready for the final reveal?
'cause I know I am.
Cissy, show we your finished hair.
(party music)
(Chrissy gasps)
You high fashion woman.
Do a spinny, do a spinny.
More, more spinnies.
What did we learn from this?
Animation isn't real.
You gotta sit there and saw that shit off.
It also will look diagonal and really bad.
Let's go take hot pics off your hair.
- Yes.
♪ Who is that girl I see ♪
♪ Staring straight ♪
- (laughs) We ruined it.
♪ Who I am inside ♪
- Nothing's in there.
- Just a bunch of bones.