The degree of fluency and completion is high, but the typology is seriously innovative and lacks breakthroughs. Themes are growth and confrontation with traditional conservatives, and gender, religion, geography, traditional family relationships, immigration and minority issues all serve this theme. The narrative elements and structure are very similar to the director's first film, such as the cultural conflict and maladjustment of immigrant families, the outbreak of conflicts in public gathering places, and the success of the younger generation to break through the shackles of habitual habits and win family support and reconciliation. The similarity of the scenes is very high, shopping, watching TV, eating, handling housework, parent-child relationship, vending machine... The main characters are also highly typified by facial expressions. The three protagonists, a brave, firm and positive instrumental character promote The development of the plot and other characters go from cowardly and withdrawn to independent and brave, parents who are overwhelmed, and second-generation immigrants who are as sensible as little adults. The representative of the conservative forces in the first part is the traditional Chinese family concept, and the second part has become a rural area dominated by white Americans. The order maintained by religious traditions is the biggest obstacle. The first work more than ten years ago was creative in terms of the theme, conflicting design, plot and character setting. Except for the different cultural objects that were challenged, the second work was nothing more than moving the scene to the American campus, and could not see the creative effect. Progress, although the technology is mature and the details are more refined, the routine marks are too heavy and only pass.
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