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Episode 69: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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The Ending of Black Swan

The ending kind of bewildered to me when I first saw it and struck me on more of an emotional level than a logical level. The whole final sequence in the hospital room almost goes into this realm of satire because you know he's breathed new life into theater by literally blowing his nose off on stage. It's such a commentary on our weird tabloid yeah social media culture so I love this lyrical aspect of it but then when it gets to the ending ending there's an emotion and tone to it that feels like he's free.

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