step dad!

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 I saw the film and loved it, and immediately went searching for a community about Shelter.

 

I have a query. During the film the first two times Zach and Shaun speaks of Shaun’s step dad and Zach refers to him as Shaun’s dad, Shaun immediately corrects him saying "step dad". After that Zach calls him Larry to Shaun. I haven’t seen the DVD with the commentary, so I don’t know if they addressed this, but watching the movie I assumed that Gabe and Shaun were full brothers. However, I have seen Gabe and Shaun referred to as half brothers. Wouldn't Zach be aware of this though? My first thought was that Gabe always talks about Larry as his dad and maybe Shaun used to do the same. Maybe coming out to his step dad didn’t go well, they might still not get along that well, maybe that is why Shaun is very aware of not calling Larry his dad.

 

Wow that was rambling, I have apparently thought about this way too much! Tell me your thoughts

 

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