Two notes…
1. Drinking age
I didn’t think when I commented on Ree sitting out in Teardrop’s truck when he was in a bar—that she couldn’t go in because she wasn’t of age. That makes the social/familial awkwardness of the scene different, from my original assessment of Ree being the oddball in not going in. Still, if Teardrop (ignoring the drinking-age issue) is the real one at fault here, one can ask, Where is Ree’s social life? Why doesn’t she “go out somewhere” with friends, as with Gail? Not a big deal, but with this editorial note I thought I’d show I’d forgotten the drinking age was raised to 21 all over, a while back, hence my reading of Ree in this matter was a bit off….
2. Another point I could have made, in assessing Ree in her heroic aspect…
