Well I finally got to see 'Black Swan' last night......Hahahahahahahaha, Ohh my sides; nobody told me it was a comedy. Although it has sparked an idea for two new categories in the March Madness Dance Off.
Firstly 'Best Cat Fight With Your Imaginary Alter Ego Whilst Wearing A Tutu'
And the 'Sue Ellen, You're a Drunk, a Tramp and an Unfit Mother' Award.
Oh yes, and Natalie, Alexis Carrington called while you were out and she wants her shoulder pads back.
That's all Chaps; Carry On!
Ballet Bitch xx
Hi BB
ReplyDeleteYou just killed what little incentive I had to actually go out & watch this film :-) - not complaining, I'm thankful, sounds like I dodged a bullet there!
Thanks BB!
-- Jan
Hi Jan,
ReplyDeleteI think everybody should go and see the film and come to their own conclusions, this is only my opinion; Tomato/Tomahto and all that!
BB xx
Good Evening BB
ReplyDeletePlease, No harm done at all - I'll catch it when it becomes available on my ISP's Pay-Per-View menu ($5 seems more reasonable than $15 at the IMAX theatre down the road, in view of General Opinion).
In the meantime, still not sure if I am allowed more suggestions for your Dance Movie Awards - so being bold, here are two:
* "StreetDance" for the Most Incongruous Storyline Dance movie Award (Royal Dance School? Ye gods, are you a product of the Royal Dance school or the more common run-of-the-mill ol' Royal Ballet Lower/Upper School, BB?)
* "The Company" for The Movie Most likely to Cause a Migraine Award (I had a slight headache when it started, by the time it was finished I had a full-blown Migraine).
Most sincerely (And PS. please let us Bumpkins out here in the Colonies know if your post-operative health and nimbleness is improving)
-- Jan
Hi BBI
ReplyDeleteI finally got around to seeing 'Black Swan' and I thought it was a GREAT movie! However....
1) I think one should not look at it too much as a film about Dance, but more about a person going to pieces because of high personal expectation and stress. This can happen in any profession...
2) ...And with (1) above in mind, I found the film quite disturbing, having seen similar (but thankfully not as 'spectacular') things happen in my own profession!
Regards
JN
Hi Jan,
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you went to see 'Black Swan'; I didn't much care for it as you can probably tell, but I think it's always interesting when a film generates such a variety of different reactions and it's certainly prompted a lot of discussion.
I totally agree with you that this film was about a descent into Psychosis,
and that the protagonist could have come from any walk of life which asserts huge amounts of professional pressure.
However because the Ballet world can be quite cloistered and is rarely seen either in a drama or documentary format (we know that all Lawyers aren't like Ally McBeal and that, sadly, all Doctors are not George Clooney!); it is quite possibly that there will be a presumption that many of the rather scathing stereotypes portrayed within this film are a true representation of life within a company. Which is a shame and just a teensy bit insulting.
Well surely people can tell fact from fiction, you must be thinking; apparently not the ones who rang the Box Office at Covent Garden to ask which nights Miss Portman would be dancing:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8290225/Black-Swan-film-leads-to-fans-contacting-Royal-Ballet-to-see-Natalie-Portman.html
Take Care,
BB xx