1. Ballet, Perfectionism and Black Swan
She compares the two genders in society on this basis of such emotional aggression and maintains that the methods chosen by women are stealthier and the fall out more bitter. ... Naomi Wolf also quite accurately depicts how this female rivalry exists in pop culture and how it wrongly aimed more towards very young female audiences. ... Mark Heyman, co-screenwriter, mentions that he was interested in the way the strict hierarchy of the ballet world threw this kind of power play into sharp relief, and found it compelling that female dancers express their cutthroat rivalry in a context that is ...
- Word Count: 1384
- Approx Pages: 6
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate