As You Know.: Thomas describes the plot of Swan Lake to a roomful of ballerinas, and more importantly the audience.
note Going along with this, the idea that a company would only have one principal female dancer is absurd - most of the world-class companies have close to a dozen. In real life, Nina would have been one of several dancers assigned to perform the role.
#Black swan movie in dual audio license#
Artistic License Art: In real life, any ballet company doing more than a one-off gala performance of Swan Lake (or any ballet at all!) will have multiple casts, with dancers alternating performances - and this is especially true for a ballet like Swan Lake, which is so strenuous on the leads.
Apologises a Lot: Nina, much to the annoyance of Thomas.
Then there's her reaction to finding out that Nina fantasized about her she doesn't seem put off or awkward about it at all, and is only concerned with whether or not she was any good. However, she has a very emotionally charged relationship with Nina, despite the two having only just met, and seems to be checking her out in some scenes.
Ambiguously Bi: Since the sex scene between Nina and Lily (probably) didn't actually happen, all of Lily's known sexual interests are men.
Ambiguous Ending: Does Nina die of her injuries? And if she survives, does she get some much needed psychological help? What was real and what wasn't?.
Ambiguous Disorder: Nina seems to suffer from paranoid schizophrenia (her visual and auditory hallucinations, delusional thoughts, and paranoid mistrust of others point to this), is very socially awkward and shy, and is strongly implied to have an eating disorder.
Alpha Bitch: Veronica has shades of this.
A particularly painful example is Nina splitting one of her big toenails down the middle.
Agony of the Feet: As mentioned below, there is a lot of attention paid to the damage ballerinas do to their feet.