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Is Abuela toxic… or not?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright react to Abuela from Encanto and question whether her actions are toxic or not. In this series, they investigate if movie relationships claimed to be toxic really are and what “toxic” actually means. And they discuss the internet’s comparison of Abuela and Dolores Umbridge.

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