[ SECRET POST #6888 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6888 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[NYTimes Connections & Only Connect]




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05. [WARNING for discussion of child abuse]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of abuse]

[Coco]























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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Just because something contains abuse and has abusive characters doesn't mean it condones it.

The grandmother is seen as extremely overbearing and generally unpleasant until the moment she realises the error of her ways. Like, her behaviour is depicted specifically as bad. When she smashes the guitar, everybody is horrified. It's a film as much about her growth as it is Miguel's.

[(Anonymous)]

"Just because something contains abuse and has abusive characters doesn't mean it condones it."

I feel like the internet audience at large needs to read and fully understand this. Maybe it is just another symptom of the decline in reading comprehension?

[(Anonymous)]

da

I hate how it's infested fandom spaces too.

[(Anonymous)]

"Error of her ways?" Really? She was so angry and violent. And cruel. She was abusive, and I don't think the movie really acknowledged how scary and abusive she was.

I know Coco is a family movie, a sort of fairytale aimed at a younger audience, but as someone who lived with abusive guardians who threatened me and my siblings with emotional and physical violence or sending us away--one of those guardians actually did put us in a children's home--for stupid shit, I have to say the behavior I saw from some of the adults in Coco was triggering.

And Miguel seemed so trapped, too, which made his predicament feel even more chilling to me. His grandmother had so much power over him and his life. He had to escape into the afterlife to find someone to support him unconditionally. That's incredibly sad to me.

[(Anonymous)]

Did you watch to the end? Because yes, she sees the error of her ways and changes her behavior, attitude, and and emotions.

SA

[(Anonymous)]

I know, but why did Miguel have to apologize at the end, too? He did nothing wrong! I hated that the movie made it so they were "both wrong" when it was his grandmother who acted like an overbearing, controlling monster and drove him away.

It just rubbed me the wrong way.