The "needy" heir who actually needs the money for medical bills versus the "entitled" heir who wants the money for a yacht. The audience should be torn.
Every dysfunctional family has a secret they agree not to discuss. It is the "elephant in the room," but in literature, the elephant is usually a corpse. In August: Osage County , the secret is the father’s suicide and the mother’s addiction. In Six Feet Under , it is the perpetual disappointment of the Fisher sons. The moment that secret is verbalized—usually at a wedding, a funeral, or a holiday—the family structure explodes. Great drama is not the explosion; it is the pressure building in the walls for twenty years prior. matureincest pic
Complex family relationships thrive on . In a "broken" home, there is no single villain; there are only people trying to survive each other’s coping mechanisms. The "needy" heir who actually needs the money
The best complex family relationships in fiction do not offer easy resolutions. They do not end with a group hug and a lesson learned around the Christmas tree. They end with an adult daughter standing in an airport, holding a boarding pass to a city far away, looking back one last time at her aging father who will not say "I love you," but just gave her his coat. It is the "elephant in the room," but
The reading of the will. In one scene, the parent delivers a final, unmovable verdict from beyond the grave. Siblings who swore they weren't interested suddenly hire lawyers. The family heirloom—a painting, a ranch, a watch—becomes a holy relic fought over with religious fervor.
Explores the enduring bond between siblings who are bonded by their shared exclusion from their childhood home.
A stylistic look at a family of former child prodigies struggling with the failures of their manipulative patriarch.