manic pixie dream girl

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmænɪk ˌpɪksi ˈdɹiːm ɡɜːl/    美 /ˈmænɪk ˌpɪksi ˈdɹim ˌɡɝl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stock female character, typically characterized as a bubbly, quirky free spirit, whose main purpose within a narrative is to teach a young male protagonist to embrace the mysteries and adventures of life. derogatory,sometimes
    — Then again, [Susan] Sarandon's character is the very embodiment of gritty neo-realism compared to Kirsten Dunst's stewardess/love interest. Dunst embodies a character type I like to call The Manic Pixie Dream Girl (see Natalie Portman in Garden State for another prime example). The Manic Pixie Dream Girl 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.

词形变化

manic pixie dream girls plural manic pixie dreamgirl alternative MPDG alternative

词源

Coined by American film and music critic Nathan Rabin (born 1976) in a 2007 review of Elizabethtown (2005) to describe the character Claire Colburn played by Kirsten Dunst: see the quotation.
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