This is great. I definitely have some Clark Griswold in me as a dad who plans things for the family and loses it for a moment when they go awry. I also have a good friend who's watched Christmas Vacation enough times that we could recite every line in the movie. When I watched it last week, Clark saying that Christmas means something different to everyone, and now he knows what it means to him hit me harder. But when his coworker says "You're the last true family man", it feels like that is the real thesis statement of the movie.
This is great. I definitely have some Clark Griswold in me as a dad who plans things for the family and loses it for a moment when they go awry. I also have a good friend who's watched Christmas Vacation enough times that we could recite every line in the movie. When I watched it last week, Clark saying that Christmas means something different to everyone, and now he knows what it means to him hit me harder. But when his coworker says "You're the last true family man", it feels like that is the real thesis statement of the movie.
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