This paper explores the thematic and narrative structures within the adult video work ROYD-108 , titled When I Wake Up In The Morning- There I... . By analyzing the film through the lens of the "unheimlich" (the uncanny) and the displacement of domestic space, this study examines how the work utilizes the trope of the sudden awakening to subvert viewer expectations. The analysis focuses on the transition from the vulnerability of sleep to the shock of presence, highlighting how the film constructs a fantasy of intimacy derived from the disruption of solitude.
The title leans heavily into the "unexpected intimacy" trope, where the viewer is placed in the position of someone experiencing a provocative morning surprise. The Appeal of the "Morning-Wakeup" Genre ROYD-108 When I Wake Up In The Morning- There I...
A great-granddaughter of the original writer finds the scrap in a biscuit tin in 1997. She hums a tune that fits the cadence, remembers an old woman in her family humming while ironing. The archive assigns it ROYD-108. Scholars debate its category for years—hymn, lullaby, labor-song—while local singers fold the reconstructed stanza into a new morning chorus at the town's harvest festival. This paper explores the thematic and narrative structures