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Modern blended family dramas excel at dealing with the "ghost" of the ex-partner. This isn't necessarily a ghost of malice, but of memory. In CODA (2021), the teenage protagonist Ruby navigates her family’s deafness culture while falling for a hearing boy. The blending is not marital but social. However, the film’s subtext is about loyalty: how a child can feel like a traitor for wanting a life that doesn’t include the original unit 24/7.