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You Don't Have to Eat the Stupid Ballerina Cake (Black Swan - 2010)

Ep. 60
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Many of Darren Aronofsky's films could qualify as horror films, and the director himself has said that Black Swan belong to the genre, even if it wasn't marketed as such. Inspired by their recent trip to see Swan Lake, Juliet and Theresa talk about this psychological horror film, IMDB's parents' guides and why the Oscars snub our favorite genre and


CW/TW: eating disorders, weight loss, fatphobia, sexual and psychological abuse


Further reading:

And the Oscar for best picture doesn't go to ... horror! by Brianna Scott (NPR)

Black Swan - Possession theory, step by step via CinematicCorner

'It chips away at you': Misty Copeland on the whiteness of ballet by Terry Gross (NPR)


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