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[quote=Anonymous]Unlike a book where you have time to develop compassion and sympathy with the protagonist, in a movie, you want to empathize with the protagonist as soon as possible. So they always try to create some situation where you are immediately on the side of the protagonist. If a parent doesn't die, they child has some hardship, divorced parents who don't communicate, neglect, poor and cannot afford to go/do whatever they most want (like the kid who qualifies for a championship but can't afford to play). If they don't die in the setup, then parents dying are often one of the challenges that the protagonist faces on the way to the denouement. It's a familiar and common hardship, and can be set up and used quickly without a lot of extra storytelling or scenes that are costly to add to movies. Note that family relations dying are common, not just parents (grandparents, siblings, dearly loved aunts/uncles, etc).[/quote]
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