Yeah poly parenting rep!
I’m actually surprised that Japanese people would steal food and start eating it without permission. I’d still be standing at the doorway waiting to be seated
The way I interpret it, Chihiro’s parents wouldn’t ordinarily act like that and did so only because the food (which we later know to be cursed) existed specifically to be a trap, and so had some magical lure on it that made it even more seductive and impossible to resist - like how siren song draws sailors to their deaths, even against their better judgement.
Indeed, her parents acting out of character is at least part of why Chihiro is uncomfortable with the situation.
That was very American of them.
“My stupid parents have fucked up my life” is a classic trope of the Faerie Tale genre.
That’s what Disney movies have turned into. Ghibli movies tend to illustrate that children have a stronger awareness of the world around them.
