“Dos Oruguitas” From Encanto will be up for an award, but the Bruno song will not

• “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” From “Encanto” won’t be nominated for an Oscar. 
  
• Instead, “Dos Oruguitas” will be up for an award. 
  
• Lin-Manuel Miranda explained why, saying, “It’s a product of Ashman and Menken’s success actually. They were so good, and they were running the table so long at the Oscars that there’s actually an Alan Menken rule. Like, you can’t submit more than two.”
  
• He continued with, “The goal is always to, sort of, submit what you think best represents the film as a whole. And, for us, ‘Dos Oruguitas’ really is the heart of the movie. It’s the heart of Abuela’s story and, in turn, everyone else’s story.”

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Encanto” tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal—every child except one, Mirabel (voice of Stephanie Beatriz). But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family’s last hope. Watch it ASAP, and then immediately watch it again. It is that good!

Susan Saunders 1/27/22