Hey listeners, we’re back with a new episode!
Summer is over… and as the months get colder, what better way to stay warm than to snuggle up with a feel-good romcom? But looking back over a decade later, is “(500) Days of Summer” (2009) still the subversive, charming film we remember? Or will closer inspection reveal a different story…
Head to the link in our bio for discussions on unreliable narrators, late noughties fashion sensibilities, and the now infamous trope: the Manic Pixie Dream Girl ☀️👗📆 🏙️
Also massive thanks to our very special guest Loretta for joining us for the discussion, and bringing her wonderful feminist critique (and LA knowledge!) 💐❤️
📝 Shownotes: 📝
📼 Preread text (Rowan Ellis, https://youtu.be/SMFll3aIbmo)
Secondary Sources:
📖 “Die Leiden des jungen Werther” (1774; 1787) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
📖 “Hamlet” (1599-1601) by William Shakespeare
📰 “The Bataan Death March of Whimsy Case File #1: Elizabethtown” (2007) by Nathan Rabin, original Manic Pixie Dream Girl article, (https://www.avclub.com/the-bataan-death-march-of-whimsy-case-file-1-elizabet-1798210595)
🌐 For more analysis and criticism on the MPDG, see the wiki entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl
📱 Joseph Gordon Levitt tweet about how people misread the movie: https://twitter.com/hitRECordJoe/status/1026538001990529025?s=20&t=UEqHCNCScQk8O9G0xvskvg
📼 “Jenny Beckman (Scott Neustadter)” (2012), TheLeapTV. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tIteIMcfT4)
📰 “12 Things You Didn't Know About (500) Days Of Summer” (2019) by Elena Nicolaou, Refinery. (https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/238098/500-days-of-summer-movie-surprising-facts)
📒 Original Screenplay (2006) by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber. (http://www.cinefile.biz/script/500daysofsummer.pdf)
🎞️ “DonJon” (2013) by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
🎞️ “The Graduate” (1967) directed by Mike Nichols, written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham.
🌐 More on the Male Gaze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_gaze.
📱”Expectation vs. Reality” meme https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/expectation-vs-reality
Recommendations:
📖 “We Run the Tides” (2021) by Vendela Vida
🎞️ “Obvious Child” (2014) by Gillian Robespierre
🎶 “Soviet Kitsch” (2004) by Regina Spektor
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🎹 Intro Music 🎹:
"Wall" by Jahzaar, licenced under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
🎹 Outro Music 🎹:
“Waterbeat” by DJ Lengua, licenced under Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
🎹 Transition Music 🎹:
“Elation” by Lesfm – Pixabay
