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We watch and see a Chinese-American woman forced to blend her Western individualism with her grandmother’s Eastern collectivism—a cultural stepfamily. We watch "Minari" (2020) and see a Korean family in rural Arkansas attempting to blend with a white, eccentric step-grandfather figure (Will Patton) who teaches them the land, but never their language. We watch "Licorice Pizza" (2021) and see a quasi-stepmother/son dynamic that defies all labels. Upon examining these films, several themes and trends
The story opens on a ferry. Maya scrolls through dailies on her laptop, ignoring a call from her actual stepfather, Leo. Beside her, Sam reads a paperback, Elena does vocal warm-ups, Kai stares at his phone (a text from his dad: “Don’t mess this up” ), and Zoe colors a picture of two stick figures holding hands—her parents, before the split. We watch "Minari" (2020) and see a Korean