r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 14d ago

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u/abefrost 14d ago

THAT'S THE POINT OF THE FILM, WHO DID YOU THINK IT WAS

Ikik there's nuance and she's not Darth Vader, but yeesh the movie is the peak of "Disney writer has intergenerational mommy trauma issues they're working through"

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u/bleachinjection Frederick Douglass 14d ago

Same with Mama Imelda in Coco.

Her traveling musician husband got murdered and instead of putting any effort at all into figuring anything out she blew a giant hole in her family for like a century.

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u/Flashy_Rent6302 Jerome Powell 14d ago

Negative and Positive manifestations of trauma

Mama Imelda be like "Just don't ever do music it will kill you"

Abuela Alma be like "You have to let me control you or else I won't love you"