So Encanto is like ... the opposite of magical realism? The whole thing is magical, but there's the occasional bit of non-magic thrown in there?
Like, Abuela pleads a prayer to Pedro ... but it isn't a transcendent spirit from beyond the grave that hears her prayer and answers it. It's just ... Mirabel outside the window. She literally hears Alma's prayer and acts on it.
And Abuela's consuming fear that they would lose everything if the miracle died? What magic could relieve her of that fear? None. No magic could relieve that fear. The only thing that could was completely non-magical. Just all the ordinary townsfolk.
