In Tom's eyes, Summer is perfection, but perfection has no depth. He doesn't see her complexity and the consequence for him is heartbreak. Director Marc Webb stated, "Yes, Summer has elements of the manic pixie dream girl – she is an immature view of a woman.
Although Zooey Deschanel's Summer in 500 Days of Summer (2009) is often identified as a MPDG, the movie can be seen as a deconstruction of the trope because it shows the dangers of idealising women as things, rather than respecting them as real people with their own complex outlooks.
But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's lookin' for my own peace of mind don't assign me yours."
Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie In April ( 2016 live-action movie, 2014 animated series).Club points to Katharine Hepburn's character in Bringing Up Baby (1938) as one of the earliest examples of the archetype. In his review of Garden State, Roger Ebert also described this kind of rather unbelievable "movie creature" as "completely available" and "absolutely desirable". Natalie Portman's character in the movie Garden State (2004), written and directed by Zach Braff.They invariably serve as the romantic interest for a (most often brooding or depressed) male protagonist. MPDGs are usually static characters who have eccentric personality quirks and are unabashedly girlish.
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