wish fulfillment
Example Sentences
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Much of her experience with the series has been wish fulfillment, partly because she had manifested working with Sennott years before “I Love LA” was in development, but mostly because she had dreamed of being an actor since she was a kid.
From Los Angeles Times
In a world where the powerful increasingly act with impunity, taking fictional villains to task makes sense, a form of Hollywood wish fulfillment for those who feel stuck or hopeless.
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“As much as this isn’t wish fulfillment in the classic sense of a glamorous Manhattan apartment, cosmopolitans every night — it’s wish fulfillment because they’re really happy there,” Shaw said of the characters.
From Los Angeles Times
“Stringed Instruments” was a work that left the audience without a closing moment of wish fulfillment.
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Phillips: I think it was just like a wish fulfillment of an 8-year-old.
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