Each person has good and bad elements to his character, the incidents that bring out those mark the way the person is perceived by others. How a ballerina, Nina, who was the perfect embodiment of the white swan got swamped with the opposing personality of the black swan can thus be anyone's story. She was ambitious, but was just a tad bit dishonest to achieve the prima ballerina role. She knew that the drink was loaded, but drank it anyways, and so the other ballerina (Lily) cannot be held responsible for the onset of her hallucinations. She starts feeling insecure about losing her dream role to Lily, another feeling which, without exception, wells inside every one, how well we deal with it morphs into either jealousy or a further motivation. The movie ends tragically, as Nina tries to be too perfect.
The black swan's identity has sparked a debate too, ever since actress who portrayed Nina failed to acknowledge her ballerina body double. The body double, in turn, felt insecure by the elusive fame, which rightfully belonged to her too.
There are several Nina's in the world, who try to master the entrancing but taxing and physically unnatural art form. Some are wrongly ambitious, and start too early before their bones are ossified, and like Nina, their career ends prematurely too. Oh, not to forget, some are forced, either by over-zealous parents, or by so-called stereotypes created by society, to be swans even though they were destined to be someone else. We all are born with a unique talent, some just take longer than others to recognize their's; but once they do, there is no stopping the proverbial duckling turning to whatever it wants to be...
The black swan's identity has sparked a debate too, ever since actress who portrayed Nina failed to acknowledge her ballerina body double. The body double, in turn, felt insecure by the elusive fame, which rightfully belonged to her too.
There are several Nina's in the world, who try to master the entrancing but taxing and physically unnatural art form. Some are wrongly ambitious, and start too early before their bones are ossified, and like Nina, their career ends prematurely too. Oh, not to forget, some are forced, either by over-zealous parents, or by so-called stereotypes created by society, to be swans even though they were destined to be someone else. We all are born with a unique talent, some just take longer than others to recognize their's; but once they do, there is no stopping the proverbial duckling turning to whatever it wants to be...
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