The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro

Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2014

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Journalists Nathan Rabin and Christopher John Farley on the pitfalls of coining a viral term. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	combe.
0:30.2	From Washington, D.C., this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.
0:40.6	I'm Bob Garfield with Mike Volo, and today, episode number 40 titled The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro,
0:49.3	aka the case of the Runaway Archetyte.
0:56.2	Hey, Mikey. Hey, Mikey.
0:57.5	Hey, Bobby.
0:58.1	How you doing?
0:58.9	Splendid, thank you and yourself.
1:00.8	I'm great.
1:01.5	Great.
1:01.9	Did you have fun at Zander's first birthday party?
1:04.7	I did.
1:06.0	I did.
1:06.5	That is one adorable, massive chunk of baby.
1:10.3	You got.
1:15.4	Yeah, he's a big guy. i uh sum up your visit to the party all right you show up four hours late uh-huh eat a bunch of food which i had to by that time extract from
1:22.0	the refrigerator uh-huh right played a song on your iPhone by Charles Manson.
1:27.8	And how would you characterize that song?
1:30.6	It was pretty good.
1:32.4	Stunningly magnificent. Go ahead.
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