Therapist Reacts to Bruno from ENCANTO

Why won't they talk about Bruno? We're going to, family rules be d*#$%d!

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are back with more of Disney's (we're not ashamed to say it, MASTERPIECE) ENCANTO, and they're breaking the rules by talking about Bruno, and why his family avoids talking about him.

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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright, and Alan Seawright
Edited by: Sophie Téllez
Director of Photography: Bradley Olsen
English Transcription by: Anna Preis
Spanish Transcription by: Juan Willems

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[KaiseaWings]

The line 'Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin' sticks with me because I just _bet_ it was Bruno awkwardly laughing at his own poor joke: It looks like rain!
Just trying to cheer his sister up and it's taken the wrong way.

[Micah_ware]

one thing I noticed is how, during "We Don't Talk About Bruno", Camilo is smiling through the whole song. I think its interesting, because since he's one of the younger cousins, he only knows Bruno through stories. In his mind, Bruno isn't even real, he's just a character, and talking about him is just a performance. It really shows how the family stopped seeing Bruno as a person, and more as an idea to fear.

[SensationalBanana]

I just cannot get over how sad and dark it is for Bruno to have been hiding inside the house, hearing his family talk about him, seeing them be together, whilst being behind a wall... It's even darker, to me, than Rapunzel being cooped up in her tower.

[tex_]

I'm laughing my ass off right now because my parents' refuse to see therapists (either together, or separately) because they once took me to therapy when I was 7 or 8, the therapist called them to the second appointment, and said 'you have a perfectly normal kid, let's talk about you two.' XD

[yearoldmewasterribleatpi]

I love her Dad. "I was thinking about my daughter" I feel like he is one of the few people who was looking out for her.

[tobiaslawrence]

It's crazy how an entire town turned on a guy who not only saw the future but the bad parts of their future. So rather instead of prepare or taking caution for what's to come they instead blamed Bruno for something happening whether they liked it or not It's one thing to come from people you don't know but from your own family, in my opinion, the entire town and his family owed Bruno an apology. (Edit) I would like to add that most of the things he told people about weren't even based on one of his visions just things he physically saw and pointed out the problem; for instance the guy who got fat that wasn't because of Bruno it was just from the guy not taking care of himself.

[JuiceForNoOne]

Fun fact you've probably had pointed out by now: that type of singing where everyone is carrying a different melody and lyrics but all singing at once is called a madrigal.

[Rollins]

There's a level of sadness in the design of Bruno's tower that isn't mentioned much. The rooms are stated to be designed by the magic to assist the family member inside (creator commentary said Dolores' room is soundproofed so she can sleep, and Antonio's room makes food for the animals that live there), which means Brunos room put his "Power Chamber" at the top of an excruciating climb of stairs, to almost dissuade him from even using his gift at all....

[PeanutStrawberry]

It's funny Camilo described Bruno as this weird, aggressive creature with "rats along his back, " because rats are super social animals.
That's why they recommend to always adopt two pet rats, because they can fell into depression if living alone (although you may provide them with hours of attention and care, you just can't provide them with the same way another rat would).
Yet, we have characterized rats as these dirty nuisance, vermin, bearer of bad omens.
They're like Bruno in a way...

(💃🐀🕺telenovelas 🕺🐀💃)

[cegdrummer]

As a person with Hispanic influence, I think Bruno's OCD tendencies were brought upon culture where beliefs like knocking on wood, throwing salt across the shoulder, and avoiding cracks on the floor are considered to break bad luck. It was like he was trying to "protect" everyone around him by trying to prevent his visions (which are apparently bad) from happening. That's how I interpreted the scenes when I first watched the movie and I actually appreciated it so much because it made me feel so much more in touch with the characters.

[llc]

One of my few criticisms of this movie is the scene where Bruno reunites with the family, because it is all HIM apologizing, and while they clearly forgive and accept him back into the family, no one but Abuela offers Bruno any apologies of their own. I felt like he was primarily the wronged party and it hurt to see him come in apologizing when he didn't really do anything wrong.

[Dynemanti]

Actually it's not a plot hole that she always heard him in the walls, Dolores' verse in "we don't talk about bruno" she literally gives away the fact that she hears him. "I can always here him muttering and mumbling". This often gets misinterpreted as her talking about the family, or bruno in the past. But she says "him" not "them" and "can" not "could". It's specifically about hearing HIM in the PRESENT TENSE. Her message is also the only sympathetic one in the whole song. She talks about the FAMILY not understanding and how he had a "heavy lift" implying she understands the pressure he was under and how bad it made him feel when the family misunderstood his words. She's heard the full story from him and is trying to pass that information to Mirabel, that's why she asks "do you understand?" twice. She REALLY wants to have someone else understand what she knows. The final tell? He appears on the balcony during her verse and is dancing along with it.

[trinaq]

The birth order of the triplets reflects their personalities. Julieta heals the pain of the past through her cooking, Pepa represents the present, the constantly changing times, and Bruno is the future, something we NEVER want to talk about.

[elizabethjennings]

I thought it was sweet how Bruno came out of hiding to defend Mirabelle. He was scared of abuela but he didn't want Mirabelle to become isolated like him. 💚🖤

[Staccatostorm]

Dolores is a really reserved person for a “gossiper”. She calmly watched the whole family (including her parents and brother) cheering for the engagement that was breaking her heart. But IMO she kept quiet about Bruno firstly because the thought made her mother terrified and secondly because she was afraid if she’d told them, the family would have really made Bruno leave

[Nothingbig]

I like how in the first lines of we don’t talk about Bruno when they go “married in a hurricane” and her husband says “ what a joyous day”, it really shows why they’re married

[Whatlander]

I wish that the pacing had allowed for more focus on Bruno riding up to defend Mirabel towards the end. It's a funny scene that brings the energy of the film back up, but also really gets to me. Bruno was so afraid of his own mother mistreating his niece like she did to him, that he _hid in the walls for years_ just to avoid Abuela seeing Mirabel's prophesy. He's too scared to say "No" if she were to ask for a retake. After everything (literally) falls apart, he's practically ready to fight her, or at least confront Abuela/put himself between her and Mirabel. Bruno truly believes that his mother hates him, and he refuses to allow his own pain be passed on to the next generation. That's a good Tio right there.

[TheCripeCrew]

My theory about why Dolores never said anything is because “we don’t talk about Bruno” is so ingrained into the family culture. She just assumed everyone knew he was there but just didn’t talk about it.

[Window]

The “she’s his aunt so it’s forbidden” is a reference to 100 Years of Solitude, the inspiration for this movie. The book has a TON of incest.

[birdbird]

I love the line "my gift wasn't helping the family, but I love my family". It so perfectly illustrates the difference between "The Family" as the oppressive, rigid system of Being Perfect All The Time that's such a problem, and "My Family", as the actual group of people involved in it who do genuinely love each other. It's a simple line but it says so much so well