Black Swan (aka Who Stans the Sebastian?) with Megan Brown and Elizabeth Brei

Fear Level: Terrifying, Existentially disconcerting Trigger Warnings: rape/sexual assault, insomnia, OCD, eating disorders, auditory and visual hallucinations Director: Darren Aronofsky Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Rider Did you watch Annihilation and think "I'd like to see another movie where Natalie Portman attempts to fight herself?" Well, have I got good news for you! It's time for sexual harassment, horrible hallucinations, and ballet that will keep you awake at night. Let's talk Black Swan with our friends Megan Brown and Elizabeth Brei Topics of Discussion: Body horror is just a cool side effect of ballet Artistic Madness Mirrors: the true horror Treatment of mental illness Does this movie know it's about sexual harassment? Discuss! This is the wrong kind of sexual harassment Vincent Cassel, our worst villain yet Consult a lady Lily gets a bad rap The eerie similarities of Winona Rider MOM! GET OUT OF MY ROOM! I'M TRYING TO GET OFF! The problem with sexuality in this movie This movie is broken because it relies on the concept that people don't think Natalie Portman is potentially attractive THE MALE GAZE Recommendations: Whiplash Sebastian Stan Chopping Mall Attack of the Clones? Suspiria Paranoia Agent Misandrists Climax Step Up 2: The Streets Birdman Perfect Blue Hannibal Requiem for a Dream The Wrestler Pi The Dream of a Beast by Neil Jordan The Machinist Jupiter Ascending Follow our guests: Megan Brown Twitter: @megan_mb Elizabeth Brei Twitter: @peachchild Follow us on twitter @proghorrorpod Follow Emily on twitter @megamoth Emily's Website: Megamoth.net Follow Ben on twitter @benthekahn Pre-Order Ben's new book, Renegade Rule. Follow Jeremy on twitter @jrome58 Visit his website at JeremyWhitley.com RSS Feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/progressively-horrified Website: https://progressivelyhorrified.transistor.fm/ Join our Patreon at: patreon.com/progressivelyhorrified to support the show, get bonus episodes, early access to upcoming episodes, and a cool Progressively Horrified t-shirt. Come back next week to hear about Annihilation! ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ JOIN JEREMY'S ZOOP CAMPAIGN AND HELP MAKE GREAT COMICS! https://zoop.gg/c/slay Take our listener survey: http://bit.ly/progressivelyhorrified-survey Sign up to support Progressively Horrified on Patreon for as little as $5 a month and get bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/c/progressivelyhorrified Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.