Gran Torino - "It's a cultural thing"

Hey Waltz, what are you up to? We're having a barbecue, you want to come over? What do you think? There's tons of food. Just keep your hands off my dog. No worries, we only eat cats. Really? No, I'm kidding you moron. Come on, you can be my special guest. No, I'm fine right here. Yeah, son of a bitch. Okay, so what have you had to eat today? Oh, I had a piece of cake, a little beef jerky. Come on over and get something to eat. We've got beer too. I might as well drink with strangers. I drink alone after all, it is my birthday. Really? Happy birthday, Wally. Don't call me Wally. Well, a little peps, plenty of beer. How's his day? What am I doing wrong? Every time I look at somebody, they always look at the ground. What's she saying? Oh no, she's not. Okay, hey. What are all you fish heads looking at anyway? I think we should go into the other room. A lot of people in this house are very traditional. Number one, never touch one person on their head. Not even a child. Hmong people believe that the soul resides on the head. So, uh, don't do that. That sounds dumb, but fine. Yeah, and a lot of Hmong people consider looking someone in the eye to be very rude. That's why they look away when you look at them. Anything else? Yeah, some Hmong people tend to smile or grin when they're yelled at. It's a cultural thing. It expresses embarrassment or insecurity. It's not that they're laughing at you or anything. All right, you people are nuts. But the food, it smells good too. Of course, it's Hmong food. Yeah, okay. Can I come back for seconds? Thanks. You know, you mentioned about looking at people. He's been staring at me the whole evening. That's Korku. He's a lore family shaman. And what's that? Some sort of a witch doctor or something? Something like that. Korku's interested in you. He heard what you did. He would like to read you. It'd be rude not to allow him this. It's a great honor. Yeah, sure, fine by me. All right, take a seat. He says that people do not respect you. They don't even want to look at you. He says the way you live, your food has no flavor. You're worried about your life. You made a mistake in your past life, like a mistake that you did. You're not satisfied with? He says you have no happiness in your life. It's like you're not at peace.