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Manic Pixie Dream Girls
ElspethOllie
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ElspethOllie Posted Sat 08 Nov, 2008 3:38 AM Quote
I found this article and I found it pretty funny.

Manic Pixie Dream Girls

It talks about a Hollywood stock character like Natalie Portman in "Garden State" or Audrey Hepburn's Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's." A Hollywood character that exists merely to brighten up the male lead's dreary depressing life. I found it kind of funny because I hate rom coms and I think I just realized why.
There's another article that talks about their existence in real life, and I realized that one of my good friends is sorta of a MPDG, but I know she has more dimensions, she just doesn't show them.

Here's a NPR analysis of the phenomenon.

There's some debate whether Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine..." is one. I think in a bad screenwriter she could have been, but I think that movie is kind of the the MPDG cautionary tale almost because she's not so one sided.
What do you guys think?
 
Re: Manic Pixie Dream Girls
ricv64
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ricv64 Posted Sat 08 Nov, 2008 3:48 AM Quote
thats funny , cause a friend of mine just did a book cover and the publisher was telling him they want a image that women will want to be and that men will want for a girlfriend .


 
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