E N C A N T O đź’«
We Don’t Talk About Bruno
*ENCANTO* 🕯 offers a fascinating yet important take on life. In J. Cole’s track “Love Yourz,” he raps, “No such thing as a life that’s better than yours.” I could be wrong but it feels like whoever wrote *Encanto* is a diehard J. Cole fan because this movie is the animated, mild version of that song. The main character, Mirabel, initially comes off as a hater. Her entire family is blessed with unique gifts, while she appears gift-less. She spends most of her time focused on her family’s gifts and her lack thereof, believing that a person’s gift defines their entire worth. Later in the movie, the writers show and prove that this mindset is neither true nor healthy. As humans, we are much more than the gifts God has blessed us with. Nobody is truly perfect, and anyone claiming to be perfect is probably unhappy on the inside.
Another line from “Love Yourz” goes, “There’s beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success.” This bar is embodied in *Encanto* (as I said, diehard J. Cole fan) because the writers break down how struggles can blossom into something beautiful while success can sometimes hide misery, as shown by Mirabel’s “perfect” sister. This movie has the right amount of life lessons. Parents can take a lot from it to show/tell their children, helping them start practicing self-love as early as possible. This movie can help children and adults alike understand that they are more than the gifts people love them for. Everyone is worthy of love, respect, and honor, with or without those gifts.
The power of social media is insane! All across my Facebook timeline and TikTok feed, I kept seeing people say, “We don’t talk about Bruno.” Being curious, I had to look up where this phrase came from and what it meant. Long story short, I found out it came from *Encanto*, so I had to watch it! This movie gets 9/10 stars from me. The aesthetics were top-notch, and I loved how they covered every skin tone of the Latinx community!
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