Max (measuring flicks) and Cassandra kick off their month-long exploration of the cinematic archetype and cultural phenomenon that is the Manic Pixie Dream Girl with 2004's Garden State. Are MPDG's just a holdover of outdated feminine societal structures from eras past? Infantilized male fantasies? Freudian mommy stand-ins' listless dudes feel okay about kissing? Are there two funk songs about Danny DeVito hidden in the episode somewhere? Find out! Tune in! Drop out!
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