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Encanto · 2021 — Chapter 2 of 19 · 5'30" · B1

Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals, Explained: Between you and me

Mirabel, the one Madrigal child with no Gift, sings a tour of her family for the village children. She runs through their powers, teases her sister behind her hand — "Between you and me, she's kind of a prima donna" — and admits that she is the one who never got a Gift.

What happens

The film opens with Mirabel running through the town, introducing the audience to her family. Each Madrigal has a magical Gift: her aunt Pepa's mood controls the weather, her cousin Dolores can hear everything, her father is accident-prone, and her sisters are perfect. Mirabel, who has no Gift, sings the tour herself.

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Between you and mecoffee's for grown-upshear a pin dropmean well

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Phrase of the scene

Between you and me

said privately, just to you

米拉贝尔在歌里凑近听众说悄悄话，用这句话开头评价姐姐有点大小姐脾气。

Between you and me, the boss is not happy about the delay.

Also in this scene

  • coffee's for grown-ups

    coffee is only for adults

  • hear a pin drop

    so quiet you could hear the smallest sound

  • mean well

    to have good intentions even if the result is poor

Everything marked in this scene

32 notes across 138 lines

Phrase · A2find outWe're gonna find out!
Phrase · B1talk about someone/somethingWell, "us," I can't just talk about myself.
Phrase · A2leave someone aloneAh, you're not gonna leave me alone, are you?
Grammar · B2leave me alone, are you?

tag question

Ah, you're not gonna leave me alone, are you?
Phrase · A2help someone outCasita, help me out.
SoundLet's go

liaison

Let's go!
Phrase · B1get to do somethingSo many stars And everybody gets to shine
Grammar · B1everybody gets to shine

get to do something

So many stars And everybody gets to shine
Phrase · B2run the showBut let's be clear Abuela runs this show
Phrase · B2physically impossibleIt is physically impossible to relax!
Phrase · B1something is for grown-ups

coffee is only for adults

And that's why coffee's for grown-ups.
Phrase · B1get weirdWell, the temperature Gets weird
Phrase · B2here's someone's dealHere's her deal
Grammar · B1swear to always Help those around us

swear to do something

We swear to always Help those around us And earn the miracle That somehow found us
Phrase · B2keep something straightHow do you keep them all straight?
Phrase · B2hear a pin drop

so quiet you could hear the smallest sound

Cousin Dolores Can hear a pin drop
Phrase · B2the golden childShe's the perfect golden child
Phrase · B2do no wrongThe beauty and the brawn Do no wrong
Slang · A2AdiósAdiós
Phrase · B1someone means wellWell he's accident-prone But he means well
Soundmakes you smile

liaison

My primo Camilo won't stop Until he makes you smile today
Phrase · B2between you and me

said privately, just to you

Between you and me She's kind of a prima donna
Phrase · C1a prima donnaBetween you and me She's kind of a prima donna
Soundkind of

elision

Between you and me She's kind of a prima donna
Phrase · B1be about to do somethingShe was about to tell us about her super awesome Gift!
Soundabout to

flap

She was about to tell us about her super awesome Gift!
Phrase · B2a bummerThe last Gift ceremony was a bummer.
Slang · B2a bummerThe last Gift ceremony was a bummer.
Phrase · B1if I were/was youIf I was you, I'd be really sad.
Grammar · B2If I was you, I'd be really sad

second conditional

If I was you, I'd be really sad.
Phrase · B1the rest of somethingBecause the truth is, Gift or no Gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family.
Grammar · B2just as special as the rest of my family

as ... as comparison

Because the truth is, Gift or no Gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family.

Mirabel Introduces the Madrigals, explained

What's really going on

The opening number does two jobs at once. It is a cheerful tour of a big, gifted family, and it is also the place where Mirabel quietly tells us her own wound. She lists everyone else's Gifts in a rush of affection and envy, and then, when a child asks about hers, she cannot answer. The song even lets her get a small mean joke in, "Between you and me, she's kind of a prima donna," which shows she is sharp and not simply saintly. The line that lands hardest is the one she throws at the kids near the end: "the truth is, Gift or no Gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family." Because she has to say it out loud, the audience hears the doubt underneath it. The whole town's happiness is the backdrop against which her being different becomes the thing the film is about.

Theme

Family loveMirabel's song is full of pride in her relatives even as it hints at the loneliness of being the one without a Gift.
IdentityMirabel measures herself against the family's Gifts, and insists she is special even without one.

What you'll learn

  • Use about to in a comparable exchange.
  • Listen for the attitude around about to.
  • Notice how the reply changes the scene.

Listen for

  • Let's go — liaison
  • makes you smile — liaison
  • kind of — elision
  • about to — flap
Ah, you're not gonna leave me alone, are you?

Mirabel's mock-complaint to the children who keep pressing her with questions, a joking way to say they are wearing her down.

It is physically impossible to relax!

A child's line about the Gift ceremony, saying excitement is so high that staying calm is out of the question.

And each new generation Must keep the miracle burning

The family's creed: every generation must work to earn and sustain the magic that saved them.

Between you and me She's kind of a prima donna

Mirabel shares a private jab at her perfect older sister Isabela, low enough that the family will not hear.

Because the truth is, Gift or no Gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family.

Mirabel's defense of her own worth, insisting she matters as much as her magically gifted relatives.

Questions about this scene

Why does Mirabel not have a Gift?

The opening establishes that she is the one Madrigal child whose ceremony failed, so unlike the rest of her family she has no magical power.

What are the Gifts of the Madrigal family?

Pepa's moods control the weather, Julieta heals with food, Bruno sees the future, Luisa is super strong, Isabela grows flowers, Dolores hears everything, and Camilo can shapeshift.

Why do the village children keep asking about Mirabel's Gift?

They have heard about the family's magic but not about her, so they press her with questions she cannot happily answer.

What does "the family Madrigal" mean in the song?

It is the family name, repeated as a chorus: the song is Mirabel introducing the Madrigals and their miracle to the audience.

Encanto · 19 chapters

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Up next · Chapter 3step asideMirabel Told to Step Aside
Chapter 1in our darkest momentAbuela Tells Mirabel the Miracle StoryWatching · Chapter 2Between you and meMirabel Introduces the MadrigalsChapter 3step asideMirabel Told to Step AsideChapter 4all to myselfMirabel Comforts Antonio Before His GiftChapter 5step into the lightAntonio's Gift CeremonyChapter 6move the mountainsMirabel Sings Waiting on a MiracleChapter 7all in my headAbuela Denies the CracksChapter 8worth a shotMirabel Asks Dolores About the MagicChapter 9under the surfaceLuisa Sings Surface PressureChapter 10a heavy liftWe Don't Talk About BrunoChapter 11Fix your faceThe Proposal Dinner Falls ApartChapter 12assume the worstMirabel Finds Bruno Behind the WallsChapter 13get a bad rapMirabel Reenters Bruno's VisionChapter 14hug it outMirabel and Isabela Hug It OutChapter 15good enoughAbuela Blames Mirabel for the MiracleChapter 16let me help youThe Family Searches for MirabelChapter 17lose sight ofAbuela Apologizes to MirabelChapter 18want to helpBruno Defends MirabelChapter 19take after someoneThe Madrigals Rebuild Casita
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