One of the crew actually said that in the extras: the comment was something like “I am a queer man, and I could easily have been The Uncle Nobody Talks About if my family were less supportive”
I walked into Encanto having no idea what I was in for. Oof. I mean, I liked it and thought it was good, but, wow, that was more like my job than I would have expected from a Disney movie.
P.S. I left with the desire to see a sequel that addresses the family learning to live with Bruno's gift. Because while they have stopped rejecting him, we see no evidence they have figured out how to live with him and his very challenging gift. "It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling// Always left Abuela and the family fumbling// Grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand// Do you understand?" That hasn't changed, they've – maybe – just committed to stopping blaming him.
P.P.S. I mean, speaking as the family oracle. That's my most personal connection to this story.
Yeah, I'd like that sequel also -- but I'd rather see it done in fic, partially because I don't trust Disney to go into the aftermath of trauma that well. Ten years he spent living in the walls doing all these little rituals to try to ward off the bad luck everyone thought he caused, and now he's back in the bosom of the (loud, big) family -- that has to be overwhelming, and as you say, the 'Bruno makes bad things happen' aspect never once gets actually addressed. Mirabel never says out loud that she recognized the butterfly landing from Vision 2.0.
Partner and I have now watched it four times and continue to scream a lot about feelings. I just love them so much! I want them to get therapy! And good partners for the grandkid generation!
Also my God, the enormous horror of always having your feelings *naked* like Pepa, augh augh augh, visceral horror for me.
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We were also talking about how Bruno is absolutely coded as Disney villain (green lightning and all) only, well.
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P.S. I left with the desire to see a sequel that addresses the family learning to live with Bruno's gift. Because while they have stopped rejecting him, we see no evidence they have figured out how to live with him and his very challenging gift. "It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling// Always left Abuela and the family fumbling// Grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand// Do you understand?" That hasn't changed, they've – maybe – just committed to stopping blaming him.
P.P.S. I mean, speaking as the family oracle. That's my most personal connection to this story.
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Also my God, the enormous horror of always having your feelings *naked* like Pepa, augh augh augh, visceral horror for me.
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*adds to list of things to brace herself for*
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