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Black Swan and the Horror of Perfectionism

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Movie Review - Nina

Nina is forced to retire from belly dancing because she's too old. She meets another dancer, Lily, who shares a resemblance to nina but has the qualities of the black swan that nina lacks. Nina begins to see more and more doppleangers of herself as a black swan version of herself,. More sensual and dark. The director grows frustrated with her unsensual performance as the blackswan. At one rehearsal, asking the other dancer, 'Would you kik if I kicked everybody out? And then he dances in front of them all.'

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