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Ready to Feel Old? Relive the Peak of Twee With This Sweet Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Duet

Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have always been icons of the indie twee Millennial era, and this throwback video proves it.

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Zooey Deschanel is often known for her quirky personality, her bangs and big blue eyes, and for her notable role on New Girl, where her character Jess was basically indistinguishable from her real-life identity. However, 2008 was a crucial year for the manic pixie dream girl community, because that’s when (500) Days of Summer came out.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt starred alongside Deschanel in the late-2000s indie rom-com. 18 years later, it definitely puts way too fine a point on the “you’re not like other girls” phenomenon. Still, the movie helped birth an era of twee so Millennial-coded that it’s permanently wearing a cropped cardigan and a chunky........

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