Guatever Ep. 7: We DO Talk About Bruno Guatever

Episode Notes
[“Colombia, Mi Encanto,” from Encanto]
Maria & Natalia: Hello! Welcome to Guatever.
Maria: And Happy New Year.
Natalia: Welcome to 2022.
Maria: I’m Maria Caamaño.
Natalia: And I’m Natalia Camino.
Maria: And today we are talking about Disney’s Encanto.
Natalia: We know that we usually only talk about music. But overall, we think this movie is just really important for the Latino community. And we want to talk about it.
Maria: Also, the songs are really good. 
Natalia: Yes, also, the songs are really good. 
Maria: So first up, let’s discuss Encanto. For those of you who do not know, Encanto is a movie released by Disney. It takes place in Colombia. It’s one of the – possibly the third – Latino household [movie] with Kuzco from Emperor’s New Groove being the first and Coco being the second.
Natalia: Yes, even though like Coco for me, obviously, it was a very important movie because it was one of the first times I could actually see my culture or my traditions represented. And like, it all felt very familiar for me. Obviously, like…
Maria: That is not the complete, like… 
Maria & Natalia: Latino experience. 
Natalia: Yeah. And so I think it’s really cool that Disney is just expanding. 
Maria: It’s also nice to see a movie that just represents another Latin American country, but also in a sense… 
Natalia: …represents all Latinos. 
Maria: Yeah, it’s like a win for all Latinos, because I feel like the styles of some of the songs are representative of also different styles of music that all Latinos enjoy like Salsa…
Natalia: And like Cumbia.
Maria: Yeah, and like Latin rock. But yes. 
Natalia: Yeah, I think also because something – we’ll get more into this later – but something that Encanto does well is showcase…
Maria: The immigrant experience in Latin America.
Natalia: Yeah. Because there’s not just immigrants coming into the US. There’s also people, as Encanto showcases, that have to leave either their hometown and go into another area of that country for political reasons or any other type of reason. 
Maria: Well, yeah, cause in Encanto they never really say. Yeah, we’re gonna try and not spoil for anyone, also. So if you haven’t seen it, do not worry. But you will understand the main idea.
Natalia: But also go watch it!
Maria: It’s so good. It is so good. It’s such a good movie. I think that everyone should watch it. Like, just because I think that it does a really good job in representing not only like the immigrant experience, but – me and Nat talked about this – so it shows a lot of the fact that in Latin America, there’s not really a racial monolith. 
Natalia: It’s a mixture of various races. And I think this is important because there’s usually just this one Latino stereotype or this one Latina stereotype.
Maria: I think that it does a good job because that’s the reality. There’s so much racial diversity in Latin America. So it does a really good job of also showcasing that I think, which is nice to see for once. 
Natalia: And I think it’s important. 
Maria: Yeah. Let's move on to the songs in the soundtrack. And we’re gonna start with “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”.
[“We Don’t Talk About Bruno,” from Encanto]
Maria: So this is my personal favorite of the film. I think it is so fun and it finally showcases Pepa’s side of the family – like Pepa and Félix’s side of the family. 
Natalia: Because like throughout the movie you don't really understand their dynamic. 
Maria: Yeah, but also like you don’t really get to see like Camilo or Dolores really until that point. Their voices are amazing. Like Dolores’ part is so cool. And then Camilo’s part – the raspiness of this man’s voice. I would have loved to have them have their own songs because they killed it so much in this song. But this is also the song that went viral on TikTok. Like if you haven’t heard of this song, honestly, don’t know what t