Perhaps it’s an
indication of our shift in socio-cultural thinking, that a lot of the narrative
tropes we take for granted in popular culture are being turned on their head
and examined in the theatre, on film, in books and comics and other mediums. Like
All
About Medea recently, SUDS’ Manic Pixie Dream World (henceforth MPDW) draws on the
manic-pixie-dream-girl trope and problematises it like it deserves, making recent
filmic forays such as Ruby Sparks look rather mild
and clumsy by comparison.