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*** 3) I understand what director had hoped for, but this is simply not how the things work in ballet. IRL, the investors would take Cassel's character to court, fire him and find another director (and another prima, while we're at it). In fact, my biggest problem with this movie is that it presents itself to be brutal, honest and realistic. Brutal? Sure it is (that feather growing? ouch) Honest and realistic - not so much. And I cannot suspend my disbelief exactly because of that. The director says that that's what real ballet is like, that's what life is like, but that's not true and I feel bullshitted.
**** [[MST3K Mantra|Just repeat to yourself: "It's just a show, I should really just relax."]]
***** Exactly, this film was not meant to be a documentary on the business of running a ballet company. It was a [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|dramatic tale]] of a woman losing her mind. We have no way of knowing if anything in the film is [[Or Was It a Dream?|actually supposed]] [[Gainax Ending|to have happened]], [[Mind Screw|or were just]] [[You Imagined It|Nina's delusions]]. And you're worried about whether the film was realistic? Nina sprouted wings, and you're complaining that the ballet company didn't have multiple primas!
**** This may be a bit of a [[Epileptic Trees|crazy interpretation]], but what if it ''wasn't'' a professional ballet company?
* Why is Nina this insecure in front of people? Being insecure as a speaker, in yourself is one thing, but she can't handle being looked at neither by one old man or while being some distance away from a crowd. The director apparently forgot that ballerinas dance in skin-tight costumes in front of masses every night and half the time run around almost naked backstage on the night of a big performance. For a dancer it is natural to either enjoy the attention or to completely block out everyone around her/him.
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