Manic Pixie Dream Girl Explained - What is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope?
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a trope in films where a love interest comes into the life of someone who is drepressed, brooding, hurt, or going through life changes. So What is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope? It's where a character is a thinly veiled fantasy from writers hoping to give fantasy fulfillment to their ego about a perfect woman who loves them for their faults and they don't have to do any work to better themselves. Movies like Elizabethtown, Enchanted, Along Came Polly, and many more.
Actresses like Zooey Deschanel, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Winslet, Jennifer Anniston and many others fall into these roles. Men can be Manic Pixies too, as gender reversals are common.
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