One interesting thing about Coco that I think a lot of people missed, is that Ernesto de la Cruz actually had talent.
Like, I see a lot of posts referring to him as a hack and itâs just not true. Sure, the man didnât write his own songs, but he did play and sing them extremely well. Oh, and he starred in several films and (though, admittedly, youâll have to take his less than trustworthy word on this) did his own stunts. Oh, and the infamous âpoisonâ scene shows that he must have had a hand in writing at least one of his films.
Okay, yeah, his popularity as a singer was largely linked to the songs HĂ©ctor wrote, and thatâs probably what got him the chance to make movies, but stillâ he had the talent. Thereâs a chance that he could have just let HĂ©ctor go home and keep his songs and then still have gone on to become as famous as he did.
After all, there must have been somebody back in 1920s Mexico willing to hire a singer/guitarist/actor/stuntman/scriptwright.
When you think about it, Ernesto as a villain is less motivated by lack of talent and more by insecurity.
Take the murder of HĂ©ctor as an example. Itâs actually pretty unecessaryâ Ernesto could have just gone back to playing classics like La Llorona, or even hired another composer, but no. In his mind, despite the many natural abilities he clearly has, Ernesto feels he is nothing without HĂ©ctorâs support. He even goes so far as to steal HĂ©ctorâs guitarâ suggesting that he didnât feel like his own would be good enough.
Or how about his attempted murder of Miguel, motivated by the fear that people back in the Land of the Living are seriously going to believe a twelve year old boy when he says that he just came back from the Land of the Dead, where he learned that the beloved Ernesto de la Cruz is a liar. Remember, at this point, Ernesto has no way of knowing that thereâs any other evidence to back up Miguelâs claim. Sure, he might know about HĂ©ctorâs letters, but he probably doesnât realise that they contain proof of who wrote the songs, and heâd have probably assumed that any evidence like that would have come out during his lifetime anyway. But still the guyâs so insecure that he seems to seriously believe that his very solid fanbase would all be swayed by the words of a child.
The irony of this is that, if he had just tried to sent Miguel home with HĂ©ctorâs photo the moment he asked, the argument that lead to HĂ©ctor realising he had been murdered would never have happened. They would have discovered that Miguel wasnât actually related to Ernesto, Miguel might well have mentioned Imelda at some point and HĂ©ctor would have realised the connection and been able to send him home. The most he would have been able to say was that Ernesto hadnât written his songs, and since he didnât know that HĂ©ctor was in danger of being forgotten, it wouldnât have occured to him to sing his song to Mama Coco.
Miguel would have gone home, HĂ©ctor could have crossed the bridge before being forgotten forever and all of Ernestoâs problems would have solved themselves. It was Ernestoâs own insecurity that actually brought about his downfall.
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