Romances in film and TV, while beautiful, are highly dramatised depictions that don't reflect reality. Even the ones that may be more down-to-earth and realistic, like One Day, can still romanticise the idea of a tragic love story.
Also, I love, love, but I need a break from romances that make me cry.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Two Tropes
01:07 Backburner Relationship
03:41 Right Person, Wrong Time
05:35 Hyperreal Love
09:09 Closing Thoughts

Sources
“Deconstructing The Myth Of Struggle Love” Deone Payne-James, Riposte Magazine
“Hyperreality in the 21st Century” Gillian McMurray
“Jean Baudrillard and Cinema: The Problems of Technology, Realism and History” Gerry Coulter 2010
“Has True Romance Disappeared in Consumer Society? A Morinian and Baudrillardian Reflection of the Acute Crisis of Simulation” By Keith moser 2019
“Simulacra and Simulation” Jean Baudrillard, 1981
“Are you in a backburner relationship?” Meg Walters 2024, Glamour Magazine
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Music
'Hiraeth' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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