147 | Elemental Co-Writer Brenda Hsueh On Balancing Comedy and Drama In Our Writing
The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna
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Ember's Journey
I love where she ended up that it wasn't a typical rom-com about the dude place to end up. Her journey is very reflective of Pete's journey, obviously the director and in a way that's almost, you know, it's very, very clear. And I think that's why it's so resonant for him,. You know, he was going through a lot with his parents over the whole process. This is a love letter to your immigrant parents and like how much they've sacrificed. It's funny because we obviously the entire people are the first, or the, the, the most recent wave of immigration. They're often seen as threatening and it's tougher for them
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