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Inthe1960sand1970s,peoplewhocouldn’tfindhopeinSouthKorealeftfortheUnitedStatesinthehopeoffindingtheAmericanDream.Inacountrywheretheydidn’tspeakthelanguage,peopleopenedliquorshopsandformedtheirowncommunitywithintegrityandresponsibilitydespitedifficultconditionsincludingracismandarmedrobberies.Andthe“liquorstorebabies”whowerebornandraisedthere,likethedirectorofthisfilm,haveadifferentAmericandreamoftheirown—oneimbuedwithambivalencetowardtheirparents’generationandtheKoreanAmericancommunityinLA.Whilevariousincidents,suchastheLAriotsinthe1990s,theBlackLivesMattermovementin2020,thecollapseofthelocalcommunityduetotheCovidpandemicandnewhope,aswellasgenerationalgapabouttheKoreanidentity,bringlaughterandtears,theaudiencecannaturallydiscoverthecurrentstateofKoreansociety.
