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Mary has a complicated relationship with her father. How did you develop that dynamic?
Mary Berelson
I wanted to capture that push and pull—how you can love someone deeply and still be hurt or disappointed by them. Mary adores her father. She shares a special bond with him, especially in their morning flag-raising ritual. But she’s also beginning to recognize his flaws—his recklessness, his bad decisions, the way he lets people down. It’s that moment in childhood where you realize your parents aren’t just “the adults”—they’re people, and they don’t always get it right. I think many of us have had to navigate that realization.
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