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Sue Lor:
All the people in this house are very traditional. Number one: never touch a Hmong person on the head. Not even a child. The Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head, so don't do that.Walt Kowalski:Well... Sounds dumb, but fine.Sue Lor:Yeah, and a lot of Hmong people consider looking someone in the eye to be very rude! That's why they look away when you look at them.Walt Kowalski:Yeah. Anything else?Sue Lor:Yeah... some Hmong people tend to smile or grin, when they're yelled at. It's a cultural thing, it expresses embarrassment or insecurity. It's not that they're laughing at you or anything.Walt Kowalski:Right, you people are nuts
All the people in this house are very traditional. Number one: never touch a Hmong person on the head. Not even a child. The Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head, so don't do that.Walt Kowalski:Well... Sounds dumb, but fine.Sue Lor:Yeah, and a lot of Hmong people consider looking someone in the eye to be very rude! That's why they look away when you look at them.Walt Kowalski:Yeah. Anything else?Sue Lor:Yeah... some Hmong people tend to smile or grin, when they're yelled at. It's a cultural thing, it expresses embarrassment or insecurity. It's not that they're laughing at you or anything.Walt Kowalski:Right, you people are nuts
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All the people in this house are very traditional
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Number 1 Never touch a Hmong person on the head
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not even a child Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head
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So don't do that Sounds dumb but fine
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And a lot of Hmong people consider looking at someone eye to be very rude
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That's why they look away when you look at them Anything else
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Yeah some Hmong people tend to smile or grin when they re yelled at
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It's a cultural thing
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It expresses embarrassment or insecurity
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it's not that they re laughing at you really
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You people are nuts
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Movie Summary
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

