While watching Cameron Crowe's dissapointing, "Elizabethtown" I learned from a review of the movie about a phrase used to describe stock female characters. Manic Pixie Dream Girls. These women are simply a foil to deep men. The description even brought literature into the equation with the example of Beatrix (yes, that's the spelling of Kill Bill's main character while probably related to Dante's Inferno anyway.)
Women have long been seen as a muse to great men. There is the great clique, "Behind every great man there is a woman". But it's poor writing.
That's why people like Bridget Jone's diary so much. It grossed tons of money. Why? Because she is so relatable. She's looking for love. She is her own worst enemy. She has a good heart yet she is not perfect.
So today a very long blog was lost in the wind, so make due with this one.
Think about all the women in movies and even books and think about whether they are deeper then a foil to their male lovers.
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