drawing the lines around his own masculinity seemed like his redemption; but to me as an amerikkkan man was not redeemed. clint could have went in to fulfill his last penitence by asking god’s forgiveness for brutally murdering civilians in war, but instead asked forgiveness for not speaking with his son. suddenly it all made sense, he thought thao could be his perfect son because he has made self-repentent mistakes as a father, and was willing to sacrifice himself, as you say, for the path of a new foundation. but not necessarily for a new multi-cultural and peaceful family in america, but for a new masculinity in amerika. perhaps one that could be assimilated into the hate-speak racially negated interface that possibly still depends on war and gender violence. what he engages in to resolve the problem.

the movie’s end leaves the viewer to equally imagine multiple scenarios: one being that thao’s car is busted on I-75 and starts a bio-commune, OR, thao also becomes a good amerikkan man, a soldier in Afghanistan, paying his dues for refugee status in our godly country.

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