Kenzie Taylor’s character is often filmed walking past these relics. Each time she passes the empty chair, her pace slows. The script never tells us she misses the father or resents him; we see it in Taylor’s tightened jaw. This is where the sequel outshines the original. It posits that the question isn’t what happens when dad is away —but rather who do you become when the superego leaves the room?
And that was enough. For now.
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Lamb, M. E. (1986). The " attachment" relationship: A longitudinal study of mother-child interaction. Child Development, 57(1), 1-13. when dad is away ii kenzie taylor