DIRECTOR'S CUT: Therapist Reacts to ENCANTO
What do you do when you're feeling pressure like a drip, drip, drip that'll never stop? How do you handle the pressure -- from yourself or other people in your life -- to be perfect or to live up to expectations?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at the theme of toxic perfectionism in Disney's Encanto. They talk about how to handle the pressure, how to heal family relationships, how to look past our assumptions about people, and how to accept yourself and the people in your life for who you are. And about how Lin Manuel Miranda is a genius, the amazing artistry in this film, and a whole lot more. But not Bruno. We don't talk about Bruno.
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The song Louisa sings absolutely broke me the first time I heard it (and still kinda does). High achieving eldest daughter - still feeling that pressure.
Talking about Stephanie Beatriz singing with emotion.... who else wants a duet with her and Kirsten Bell?! The Anna and Mirabel characters or the actresses!
Well she sang that “waiting on a miracle” right before she gave birth to her daughter so….(like she literally recorded it IN LABOR!)
Just watched Encanto during a community event last night, after seeing this episode on YouTube a year and a half ago. So good to see the Director’s Cut here on Patreon. On to talking about Bruno!