15. The avoidance of the logic of the narrative feels like an act of cowardice, an avoidance of ending that would be too satirically painful
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16. The film is best when focused on the authenticity in acting question, which has many sides to it (method madness, imposture syndrome)
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17. Authenticity in acting question also shows up in role played by critic: does artist listen to inner voice or external rebuke of critic?
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18. Authenticity in acting also shows up in film's satire of social media: people think they get "reality" of star via twitter, facebook etc
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19. Finally, authenticity in acting shows up interestingly in use of superheroes, who have their own perpetual identity crisis
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20. So thematically the film is rich, but in the end it runs away from its own satiric implications by going too easy on the main character
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21. One way to see the limits of Birdman is to compare it to a brilliant and largely forgotten 1973 novel, Barry Malzberg's Herovit's World
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22. Herovit's World is about a pulp sci-fi writerJonathan Herovit who writes dreadful space opera franchise called Mack Miller Survey Team
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23. Herovit's hold on reality is shaky throughout novel, and he increasingly finds his identity merging with that of his fictional creation.
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24. Herovit's world ends with one of the most harrowing portrayals in fiction of a personality breakdown & disengagement from reality.
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25. Measure against Herovit's World, Birdman -- which is thematically very similar -- seems evasive & too ingratiating.
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26. Disappointing as the ending is, Birdman is a rich, thought-provoking film with brilliant acting about acting (a rare feat).
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27. So: go see Birdman. I'll be interesting in what people think of the movie.
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