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Family drama often allegorizes larger issues: inheritance and capitalism ( Succession ), immigration and assimilation ( Minari , The Farewell ), homophobia in conservative families ( Love, Simon ), or class mobility ( Hillbilly Elegy ).

Perhaps the most compelling aspect of family drama is the inversion of love. In healthy relationships, love is a sanctuary. In complex family dramas, love is the delivery system for pain. Incest -Real Amateur- - Mom

The best versions of this trope show the parent's suffering too. The parent is often trapped by their own trauma, favoring the child who reminds them of a lost love or the one who "needs" them most. immigration and assimilation ( Minari