Watching Out Loud

4 - Garden State (2004)


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Put on your helmets, sad boys! This one's a roast. Listen to your hosts pick apart Zach Braff's 2004 indie debut, Garden State. Do we love Natalie Portman? Absolutely. Do we mock her depiction of the "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" Sam within the first minute? Of course. But don't worry, we blame Zach for that!


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Sources:


https://www.thewomens.network/blog/the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-who-she-is-and-everything-she-represents 


https://www.calliopeartsjournal.com/post/i-m-a-person-not-an-idea-the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-trope-in-film


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Pixie_Dream_Girl 


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_State_(film) 


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zach-braff-responds-to-garden-states-controversy_n_641b3c33e4b0bc5cb6540f61/amp


https://variety.com/2023/film/news/zach-braff-garden-state-hatred-manic-pixie-dream-girl-backlash-1235560324/


https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/09/the-manic-pixie-dream-girl-repents/404953/


https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/a-good-person-zach-braff-manic-pixie-dream-girl-1234821853/


Solomon, Claire. “Anarcho-Feminist Melodrama and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (1929-2016).” Comparative Literature and Culture, vol. 19.1, 2017.

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