Originally Posted by Dataweaver Originally Posted by

She was practically a costar.



And yeah; the plot was “cliche” in the sense that it's the sort of thing that happens far too often in the circumstances that Stephanie grew up in — not just a poor family, but a dysfunctional one. I'd say that it's amazing that she turned out as well as she did; but I had a girlfriend once who likewise came from a broken home, and you'd never know it to look at her. As my girlfriend told me, you can either let it make you miserable, or you can choose to be happy in spite of it. In that regard, it goes to Stephanie's character: she refused to let her rotten upbringing destroy her.