Pool House: Parents and Children

Although set in wildly different places, do you see any similarities between Stevie and Moon’s relationship and Cal and John’s from John of John? In what ways do you think the tension between filial piety and desire for independence stunts Stevie and Cal’s growth? How does codependence between parent and child make it harder for both parties to mature? It can be challenging to have a fraught but deeply intimate relationship with a parent. Have you witnessed or experienced this dynamic before? From what side?