wish fulfillment

Because I think the spy genre is a sort of wish fulfillment about highly capable people who are equipped with gadgets and conduct themselves effortlessly.

So knowing that, it's like, “OK, we need him to be so lovable, we need him to feel like you know he needs to be that wish fulfillment on the side. This is everything any straight woman could possibly dream of.”

Look, there's a lot of wish fulfillment in this film.

“Hacks” at its best is an exercise in wish fulfillment.

“Bridgerton” is all dessert, happy endings and wish fulfillment.