The Definitive Manic Pixie Dream Girl Analysis (Probably)

All the links: https://linktr.ee/edmundhyde Word Salad is a light-hearted look at pop culture through the lens of left politics. This episode is on romcoms - that genre you probably blithely tolerate on days like this. But is there any merit in analysing them for half an hour? Is there any merit in idly slamming in a couple of references to the ancient greeks to lend your video academic credibility? And does Edmund Hyde have any business comparing himself to the nepo baby icon Jack Quaid? Find out the answers to none of these questions, by watching the video you are ignoring in order to read this description here. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:17 Part 1 (preamble) 07:13 Part 2 (Elizabethtown) 12:04 Part 3 (Eternal Sunshine) 18:57 Part 4 (Ruby Sparks) 24:09 Coda (hamfisted political argument at the end) Who's driving this thing? by Patricia Taxxon https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/t... Kissing Ancaps by Patricia Taxxon https://patriciataxxon.bandcamp.com/t... Extremely Bad Covers by Edmund Hyde References: A bunch of films do you really think I can be bothered, watch the video geez Eagleton, T. (2024) The Idea of Culture. London: Wiley. Rabin, N. (2007) The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown. January 25. The AV Club. Tuan, Y. (1974) Topophilia: Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes and Values. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. Tuan, Y. (1977) Space and place: the perspective of experience. 25th anniversary ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Yates, F.A. (1999) The art of memory. London: Routledge (Selected works / Frances Yates). Elizabethtown was produced by Cruise/Wagner Productions and Vinyl Films, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This video uses Elizabethtown clips for the purposes of study, criticism and review which is Fair Dealing under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was produced by Anonymous Content and This is that, and distributed by Focus Pictures. This video uses Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind clips for the purposes of study, criticism and review which is Fair Dealing under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK). Ruby Sparks was produced by Bona Fide Productions, and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. This video uses Ruby Sparks clips for the purposes of study, criticism and review which is Fair Dealing under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (UK). Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 (USA), allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favour of fair use.