The Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A Trope That Needs to Evolve
Origins of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Trope The term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” was coined in 2007 by film critic Nathan Rabin in his review of the movie Elizabethtown. He used it to describe Kirsten Dunst’s character, Claire Colburn, a lively and eccentric woman who exists solely to uplift the film’s male lead. While the…