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I, too, have participated in this sort of thing.
The problem with this is that we already have too many Christmas movies.
Now, on the other hand, we do not have even close to enough Hanukkah movies.
This is in part because of millenia of anti-Semitism and in part because Hanukkah is boring.
That second thing is on us, the Jews.
We did some really mediocre branding a while back.
Pardon our iniquity and our sin.
Lets balance the scales, shall we?
Lets talk about howBlack Swanis actually a Hanukkah movie.
First, lets define the terms of our argument.
What makes something a Hanukkah movie?
Im here to suggest that its actually about Hanukkah.
Darren Aronofsky, a Jewish man, must have planned as much.
Though its never stated explicitly,Black Swansprotagonist, Nina Sayers, is also very clearly Jewish.
This is some real Old Testament shit.
They just have to.
My hometown fixated specifically on hip-hop and jazz-tap dance classes, but any dance class will do.
The only misstep in this scene is when Nina calls her mom mommy.
I have never known a Jewish family who refers to their matriarch as mommy.
Its either mom or, while passing through a pseudo-rebellious phase, Erica.
(Even if her name is not Erica.)
Im glad you asked.
What isBlack Swanabout, if not a woman whose candle is burning, quite rapidly, at both ends?
