Back in 2007, a review of Cameron Crowe's ELIZABETHTOWN on a little website called The A.V. Club set off a cultural firestorm by birthing the term "Manic Pixie Dream Girl". On this episode of Debut Buddies, we get into the origins of (and problems with) the term, discuss the original MPDG in question (as played in the film by Kirsten Dunst), and consider the implications for films featuring ebullient female characters past and future. We also play I See What You Did There, and spend some cozy time in the MouthGarf Report.
Back in 2007, a review of Cameron Crowe's ELIZABETHTOWN on a little website called The A.V. Club set off a cultural firestorm by birthing the term "Manic Pixie Dream Girl". On this episode of Debut Buddies, we get into the origins of (and problems with) the term, discuss the original MPDG in question (as played in the film by Kirsten Dunst), and consider the implications for films featuring ebullient female characters past and future. We also play I See What You Did There, and spend some cozy time in the MouthGarf Report.
Sources:
https://www.salon.com/2014/07/15/im_sorry_for_coining_the_phrase_manic_pixie_dream_girl/
https://www.avclub.com/the-bataan-death-march-of-whimsy-case-file-1-elizabet-1798210595
https://www.avclub.com/wild-things-16-films-featuring-manic-pixie-dream-girls-1798214617
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby
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