Ep 1 - Encanto: We Don't Talk About Expressive Individualism

Pop Culture on the Apricot Tree

We open our podcast with an episode on Disney's 2021 family musical, Encanto. And we actually mostly don't talk about Bruno. Listen for our thoughts about the portrayal of families in film, psychology and trauma, and whether this film has too much expressive individualism.

Our Ratings:
Content: Celestial
Artistic Merit: 4 Popcorn Balls
Gospel Connections: 4 Apricots

Best Books:
Liz - Irreversible Things by Lisa Van Orman Hadley (novelized memoir) - https://amzn.to/3FKLnZt
Daniel - It Takes Two (video game) - https://amzn.to/3FFVgaB
Nathan - The Brehon Laws course by Kevin Flanagan, about the ancient Irish law system - https://www.udemy.com/course/brehon-laws-of-early-ireland/
Ben - The Knowledge Gap by Natalie Wexler (nonfiction book) - https://amzn.to/3ruazOJ
Carl - Lost in Space (Netflix series) - https://www.netflix.com/title/80104198

Links:
Great "making of" featurettes on Youtube:
Behind the Lyrics - about the Columbian influences on the film - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQf3RRQuSxE
A Journey Through Music - each character has a different musical style - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SInRhMepICw
Let’s Talk About Bruno - specifically about the song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0hWu5NBSTY&t=284s
LDS Geeks - How Encanto Destroys the Mean Girl Trope - https://www.latterdaysaintgeeks.com/2022/01/encanto.html
For more on expressive individualism, see “Worldview Apologetics: Revealing the Waters in Which We Swim,” Jeffrey Thayne, 2021 FAIR Conference - https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2021/worldview-apologetics
Camille N. Johnson, "Invite Christ to Author Your Life," Oct 2021 General Conference - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2021/10/42johnson?lang=ase

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Liz - https://www.lizbusby.com
Daniel - https://nauvooneighbor.org/, https://publicsquaremag.org/
Nathan - https://www.nathanrichardson.com
Ben - Radical Civility podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiVblqPv8HIAJxe-qDdXvDQ), https://publicsquaremag.org/
Carl - https://www.facebook.com/carl.cranney

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