How does it feel to think about DISNEY in through the critical lenses posed by Christensen and my slides? How did these frameworks help you think about Encanto?
I really loved getting to watch this movie, I had not seen it before and had heard about it from a few of my students but really had no idea what it was about. I was pleasantly surprised by how the film was unlike most Disney movies with Princess in it, like we talked about in class last night, it did not have the quintessential villain, it highlighted and educated about Colombian culture and just generally told a story that was seemingly "unlike" Disney's normal narratives.
I really love how this meme address the tropes that we have see disney characters siloed into- the savior, the damsel in distress, the manically excited, the weird and overly intellectual. I think what was surprising was how these character we portrayed, for instance, like we talked about in class last night, Luisa was portrayed with many masculine traits, but she also had the strength (with mirabels help) to name the pressure that she felt from all of her responsibilities and admit that she felt too weak to carry them! There were so many instances like this throughout the movie!
I have then gone down the rabbit hole of Encanto memes and had to post a few of my favorites here. Enjoy!
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