CUT TO:INT. OFRENDA ROOM - DAYAbuelita adjusts the photo of her beloved Mamá Imelda. Thenshe perks her ear at a hooting sound.INT. KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATERMiguel idly blows into a glass soda bottle. Abuelita takes the bottle away.
ABUELITA No music!
"wow" Lucy said "I've never seen anyone hate music that much"
INT. MAMÁ COCO'S ROOM - DAY Miguel listens as a truck drives by the window, blaring radio tunes. Abuelita angrily slams the window shut.
ABUELITA No music!!
Hiro and Tadashi laugh "seriously?" Hiro asks
"yep" Miguel answers "luckily she's changed, I was going crazy"
"I bet" Tadashi agrees
EXT. STREET - EVENING A trio of gentlemen serenade each other as they stroll by the family compound. MUSICIANS (singing) AUNQUE LA VIDA--
"oh no, this isn't going to go well" Helen says
Abuelita bursts out of the gate and chases them away.
ABUELITA NO MUSIC!!!
after a moment of scilence everyone burst out laughing
"she really did that?" Violet asks
"yes, multiple times" Miguel laughs
Terrified, the musicians stumble as they run away.
MIGUEL (V.O) I think we're the only family in México who hates music... I
NT. RIVERA WORKSHOP - DAY We see the Rivera family tinkering in the shoe shop, no music to be heard. Miguel jogs past them.
MIGUEL (V.O.) And my family's fine with that...
"but I so wasn't having it" Miguel says and his family agree
He grabs his shine box, and heads out of the shoe shop.
MIGUEL (V.O.) But me?
MAMÁ Be back by lunch, mijo!
MIGUEL Love you, Mamá!
SANTA CECILIA - MORNING MIGUEL
(V.O.) I am NOT like the rest of my family...
"you can say that again" Jack smirks
He passes a woman sweeping a stoop.
WOMAN Hola, Miguel!
MIGUEL Hola!
He passes a band of musicians playing a tune. Miguel joins with some air guitar and the further down the street he goes, the more instruments and sounds layer in. The bells of the church chime in harmony, a radio blares a cumbia rhythm.
"I can see why you'd like going there it's the only place where you can hear music" Margo points out
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modern big movie reactions
FanfictionI kinda kidnap the modern big 6 (Margo, Miguel Rivera, Hiro Hamada, Violet Parr, Jack Frost and Peter pan) to watch their films with their families (and friends) ((yes I know Peter pans not modern but I wanted to do one old one and I feel like he wo...
