"I Love You, Man" is high key a polyam rom-com
Added 2023-12-31 11:00:05 +0000 UTCHappy new year!
Some exciting news. I'm kicking off a new series of video essays about non-monogamy in film and tv (a few of which I covered years ago in written Patreon reviews, but I'll retire those versions as I go). Polyam media analysis will gradually become a big focus of my work. We need examples, and I can only offer my own, so let's look at non-monogamy in pop culture, and see what we see!
I'm also launching a podcast with a partner in the Spring, where we'll collect an anthology of real-world polyam stories.
Long form resources and Patron-only Live chats will stay in the weekly rotation, too. The next Patreon Live Chat will be NEXT SUNDAY - January 7th at 11AM pdt L.A. / 2PM est N.Y. / 8PM cest Berlin. The link will go out that morning. You can join at any point during the hour and ask whatever you want.
I hope you enjoy this first media analysis. I'd love to know what you think.
Timecode:
- 0.00 Intro
- 01.05 Parallels between "platonic" friendship and romance
- 03.05 Building a new relationship while maintaining a long term one. Compersion, transparency.
- 04.30 Hinge issues - time management, pitting partners against each other, comparisons, over-sharing.
- 07.40 Break ups while partnered
- 08.50 Reimagining how we celebrate relationships
Captions auto generated by Patreon; Transcript at the bottom of this post via Otter AI
Warmly,
Morgan
Comments
I agree totally, I have pretty low expectations for Hollywood and basic US media
Suzie Baer
2024-01-29 15:02:37 +0000 UTCThanks! Well i think it says more about Hollywood’s struggle to do both. Wholesomeness or emotional commitment are often de-sexualized in US media, which can imply they don’t coexist. So I’m also hunting for examples of loving, complex and harmless sluttiness too 😅
Morgan
2024-01-22 16:24:47 +0000 UTCI just started watching your film reviews, out of order, and it seems these poly movies don't show much if any sex. And I think that's great. Sex is just one part of a poly relationship and it would distract from showing the emotional work required for a healthy poly relationship (honestly for any relationship). I'm so glad you'd doing this
Suzie Baer
2024-01-22 15:45:44 +0000 UTC
