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By
Rob San Miguel
(First published on February 16, 2011 in “The
Chair.” Updated: 2012)
(Spoiler Alert)
One of the most intriguing interpretations of Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is that Nina’s mother, Erica Sayers (outstandingly portrayed by Barbara Hershey) does not exist. She is Nina’s creation along with all the other doppelgangers inhabiting Nina’s psyche. This theory may be a stretch for some but Aronofsky’s tricky and calculated direction laid open the film into various interpretations. The film has enough ambiguities to entertain even far-fetched notions. If Nina’s mother truly did not exist, then “Black Swan” may be darker than it claims and Nina may be more psychologically splintered than most of us earlier speculated. What proof do we have to substantiate this theory?
One of the most intriguing interpretations of Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan” is that Nina’s mother, Erica Sayers (outstandingly portrayed by Barbara Hershey) does not exist. She is Nina’s creation along with all the other doppelgangers inhabiting Nina’s psyche. This theory may be a stretch for some but Aronofsky’s tricky and calculated direction laid open the film into various interpretations. The film has enough ambiguities to entertain even far-fetched notions. If Nina’s mother truly did not exist, then “Black Swan” may be darker than it claims and Nina may be more psychologically splintered than most of us earlier speculated. What proof do we have to substantiate this theory?
