I definitely want to do something non-traditional with my melodrama research paper. I haven't seen many classic melodramas, but I've found many traits of the melodramatic genre in the types of movies and shows I watch, as well as the music I listen to.
My first ideas were to analyze some of my favorite movies that are close to the genre, such as those based off of Nicholas Sparks and John Green novels. Another film that I really considered was Titanic for it's more traditional melodramatic style.
Then I started to think about the TV dramas that I enjoy, and how I could pick out elements of the melodrama in each of them. The big one that I thought about was Prison Break (four seasons, all of which are on Netflix). The fourth and final season, in my opinion, was by far the most melodramatic. Every problem came down to life-or-death decision making; many, many, many conflicts were resolved by deus ex machina, which I read about when first googling the definition of melodrama; all of this plays out in violence and action, meanwhile there is a love affair and terminal illness playing out different background plots. Currently, this is tied for my top option going into this paper,
My other number one choice is based in music. Recently, after comments in class about the melodramatic effects and implications with music, I thought about the melodramatic nature of country music lyrics. Though she's more of a pop musician now, I considered Taylor Swift as an artist to analyze. I definitely love her music, and it speaks to the heart with its brutal honesty. Every song is about romance and love, and with more than five albums of examples, I would be able to find all different kinds of plots played out through music.
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