The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro

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🗓️ 11 August 2014

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Bob Garfield and Mike Vuolo talk to arts critic Nathan Rabin and journalist Christopher John Farley about the phrases they coined to identify two of Hollywood's most pernicious tropes. Show notes at www.slate.com/lexiconvalley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.3	The following podcast contains explicit language.
1:05.3	From Washington DC this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language. I'm Bob Garfield
1:17.3	with Mike Volo and today episode number 40 titled The Manic Pixie and the Magical Negro,
1:24.3	aka the case of the runaway archetype.
1:28.3	Hey Mikey.
1:32.3	Hey Bobby, how you doing?
1:34.3	Splendid thank you and yourself.
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