Commentary: 'Elemental' is a reminder to thank our parents while we still can

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For director Peter Sohn, 'Elemental' is a tribute to his Korean immigrant parents. It'll make you want to say thank you to yours.

Ember struggles with the idea of being honest with her family because she doesn’t want to let them down. What goes unmentioned is that when you are keenly aware you’re an outsider — in Ember’s case, a fire woman living in a world not built for fire people — it’s that much harder to risk any disapproval from those who have provided the one place where you feel you do belong.

My father died when I was 22 while I was off chasing what I thought were my dreams. Until then, I was lucky enough that I never really had to consider my parents’ mortality and took for granted that they would be around forever. I was nowhere near mature enough to have really considered who my dad was outside of being my dad.

More than any lingering ache I feel that my dad never really got a chance to know the real me — I didn’t even know the real me at 22 — is the fear that he died without really hearing my thanks. Did I say it loud enough, if I didn’t always use my words?

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