Chemical Hearts, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, I’m not so sure.Since the mid-aughts, the idea of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (MPDG) in movies has been heavily analyzed and debated.
Author Nathan Rabin coined the term after seeing in Elizabethtown. As he described, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a female character who “exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures.” In layman’s terms: She teaches a boring man how to have fun and then fucks off.A Manic Pixie Dream Girl doesn't manifest in real life because her wants, needs, and motivations don’t exist below the surface level.
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