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more about #manicpixiedreamgirls That_little_attention_whore: I think I saw this phenomenon before - it's pretty common in the J-Horror genre, like the original versions of "The Ring" and "The Grudge" On a person... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: The new Manic Pixies? I doubt it. Maybe I'm crabby b/c my electronic hookups haven't decided whether they're all going to malfunction at once and le... more » Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: Speaking of "Strange Girls", has anyone else read or heard of "Wait 'Til Helen Comes" or "The Girl with the Silver Eyes"...those girls were my first i... more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: Ooooh, it's like abjection. more » tiredfairy: I think the difference is agency, and this will vary from story to story. MPG's generally have no agency or function unto themselves. They simply offe... more » Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: It also seems to fit well with the, shoot what's the archetype for the literary female character that is "perfect?" Similar to Bella's character in T... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Anything's better than mute eye candy, I say! more » royaume de coeur: I watched "Jules et Jim" last night, and I was totally thinking that Catherine is not quite an MPDG, but by no means a typical female character, eithe... more » tscheese: I can never be a strange girl. I'm merely "vaguely weird" or "unsettlingly eccentric." What do I gotta to do be "strange", damnit? Conduct photosynthe... more » Raspberry Swirly: I'm just pissed they remade A Tale of Two Sisters. And I would think the prototype for the Strange Girl would be Lydia Deets. more » southernbitch: a tale of two sisters was great. i'm sure this version of it won't be. oh well. more » citrus buddha: As soon as we get settled, we'll build you a dark room in the basement, okay? more » AtomicBellyButton: I'm too much of a wuss for horror movies, but I could never see this because that one actress, Arielle Kebbel, was totally Dean's wife, Lindsey, on "G... more » hellonini9: This reminds me of last night's Simpsons episode that was a take on Heavenly Creatures, an awesome movie about strange girls and their imaginations. T... more » betty.black: I blogged EXACTLY about this last fall. Except I called the trope "girl-in-exile." I concluded that: "Male protagonists, whether alienated or alienat... more » Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: And finally, a movie chick category I fall into. I was always too pessimistic and creepy to be a manic pixie, as much as I tried in college to fulfill... more » cocobanal: Interesting post! Sissy Spacek played a pretty strange girl in Altman's 3 Women, along with Shelley Duvall. [www.imdb.com] They are both good at playi... more » Bunny_of_doom: Damn. I guess that means I will have give birth to mutated spawn while in the middle of a sword fight with a demon to save my soul from a tentacled al... more » TransFat: [IMG][i4.photobucket.com]] more » Jessi Ramsey: And like the MPDG, the strange girl is always white or ambiguous. more » -
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Are "Strange Girls" The New Manic Pixies?
In a review of Uninvited, a new horror movie opening this Friday, New York Times writer and culture critic Terrence Rafferty explores the “strange girl” trope that has become common in books and film. More »
