Encanto shows us that our elders need to make way instead of getting in the way
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Warning: spoilers for Encanto follow. Disney (and Lin-Manuel Miranda) dazzled us once again with the beautifully animated, culturally competent, and gloriously colorful animated film Encanto. The story of the Madrigal family won the hearts of my family. It tells the story of Alma Madrigal’s (Abuela) rescue of her triplet children from an armed conflict that takes her husband Pedro. Because she performs this heroic act, a candle of hers creates a magical house, “Casita,” for her family. Her entire town becomes magical, it becomes “Encanto.” The candle burns for half a century and blesses the Madrigal family with gifts. But Mirabel, the story’s protagonist, is not bestowed with a gift and is treated differently as a result.
Encanto shows us that our elders need to make way instead of getting in the way
Encanto shows us that our elders need to make…
Encanto shows us that our elders need to make way instead of getting in the way
Warning: spoilers for Encanto follow. Disney (and Lin-Manuel Miranda) dazzled us once again with the beautifully animated, culturally competent, and gloriously colorful animated film Encanto. The story of the Madrigal family won the hearts of my family. It tells the story of Alma Madrigal’s (Abuela) rescue of her triplet children from an armed conflict that takes her husband Pedro. Because she performs this heroic act, a candle of hers creates a magical house, “Casita,” for her family. Her entire town becomes magical, it becomes “Encanto.” The candle burns for half a century and blesses the Madrigal family with gifts. But Mirabel, the story’s protagonist, is not bestowed with a gift and is treated differently as a result.