Are MPDGs an authentic artistic expression of young male romance and misplaced desire for female idealization, or a tired screenwriting trope that negates character agency and relates women (and the actresses that play them) to an unfulfilling one-dimensional stereotype?
>>217395760They’re women who have personalities and are interesting to be around, which is what makes them seem so strange and fantastical
>>217395760No Ramona from Scott Pilgrim? Summer does does not belong there, she ended up being a normal flighty girl.
>>217395760>AmelieShe's the fucking main character!
>BPD and ecstasy>conceited with low self-esteem
>>217396341that's why the movie is kino, it's a twist on the mpdg trope, she's the mc
>>217396003Ramona wasn't an MPDG, she was just a hipster chick who had more baggage than Scott himself.
>>217395760Sex with manic ADHD gingers
>>217396490Actually, if anything, Knives was the Manic Pixie Dreamgirl in that movie. She was the wide eyed, cheery ray of sunshine. Ramon was the grounded, cynical one who had to be won over.
