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%%** Are Walt's family just selfish jerks who only want his possessions, or was he a bitter man?
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* AccidentalAesop: Don't associate with people just because they're family. [[FamilyOfChoice Build a family with the people you like]].
** Walt can't stand his biological family for being self-absorbed cretins who only care about his possessions. But ultimately, he finds much healthier relationships with his Hmong neighbors who actually treat him with a smidgen of respect.
** Thao and Sue, in turn, didn't think much of their father and are pushed around by their psychotic cousin. But ultimately, they find a better role model in Walt, who instills in the former a sense of work ethic.
** Walt can't stand his biological family for being self-absorbed cretins who only care about his possessions. But ultimately, he finds much healthier relationships with his Hmong neighbors who actually treat him with a smidgen of respect.
** Thao and Sue, in turn, didn't think much of their father and are pushed around by their psychotic cousin. But ultimately, they find a better role model in Walt, who instills in the former a sense of work ethic.
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** Are Walt's sons just entitled cretins who want to take Walt's stuff? Or are they men embittered with their fathers over his neglectful parenting?
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** Are Walt's sons just entitled cretins who want to take Walt's stuff? Or are they men embittered with their fathers father over his neglectful parenting?
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* GeniusBonus: Maybe too small to be a ShoutOut, but Walt's AccidentalMisnaming of Youa as Yum-Yum might be a minor reference to Theatre/TheMikado.
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** Maybe too small to be a ShoutOut, but Walt's AccidentalMisnaming of Youa as Yum-Yum might be a minor reference toTheatre/TheMikado.Theatre/TheMikado.
** Walt's nurse is a Muslim woman. This alludes to the Detroit area has one of the largest concentrations of Muslim communities in the U.S.
** Maybe too small to be a ShoutOut, but Walt's AccidentalMisnaming of Youa as Yum-Yum might be a minor reference to
** Walt's nurse is a Muslim woman. This alludes to the Detroit area has one of the largest concentrations of Muslim communities in the U.S.
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* OneSceneWonder: Kor Khue, the Hmong shaman, appears in only one scene, but leaves quite an impression by being able to read Walt like a book.
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** Are Walt's sons just entitled cretins who want to take Walt's stuff? Or are they men embittered with their fathers over his neglectful parenting?
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* CatharsisFactor:
** After all the horrible things they've done, [[spoiler: Spider and gang going to jail for Walt's murder certainly raised the spirits of the audience]].
** [[spoiler: Walt cutting his family out of his will and giving his Gran Torino to Thao is definitely what they deserved for snubbing Walt and coveting his possessions.]]
** After all the horrible things they've done, [[spoiler: Spider and gang going to jail for Walt's murder certainly raised the spirits of the audience]].
** [[spoiler: Walt cutting his family out of his will and giving his Gran Torino to Thao is definitely what they deserved for snubbing Walt and coveting his possessions.]]
