I came across a cover title of the film Joy Luck Club, which I had watched long time ago.
For a moment, I pondered upon its value.
It was a movie about mothers immigrated to the States from China in the late-mid 20th century. The kind of families they have in the United States. As they had reunion with friends in their old age, together with their younger generations, they, including their daugthers, reminisced their past, one after another, in their own silent way. How they survived China, arranged marriage, cultural clashes in the States, all the ugly truths.
I do not recall enough to critique much about the movie. But the fact that people are what they are today because of their past, directly or inversely, is hard to disagree.
I have somewhat a deep impression that the American culture of this film is based on the West coast: California or maybe Canada. Why would I say that? I would have to take time to analyze it: perhaps it has something to do with the evangelical movement there (lots of emotional stuff), preservation of Chinese tradition (I don't think the East Coast is capable of this as much as the West because it is too diverse here), etc.
This is not easy, if one preacher is to preach a genuine Gospel to a crowd such as these, unless he tastes such experiences. Or else, it would be too easy to succumb to the liberal religion of tolerance such as Anthropocentric psychology, different culture for the modern generations and John Wesley's Free Grace.