Historically, Hollywood treated step-parents with extreme polarization. They were either villainous caricatures, like the fairy-tale stepmothers in Disney classics, or saintly figures who effortlessly united fractured homes, as seen in The Brady Bunch .

Moving away from treating divorce and remarriage as a tragic failure, viewing it instead as a courageous transition toward a healthier lifestyle. The New Cinematic Normal

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Early cinema relied heavily on fairy-tale archetypes. The "evil stepmother" or the "cruel stepfather" served as easy narrative shortcuts to create conflict.