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Nina's unstable, domineering mother Barbara Hershey, a former dancer who never made it beyond the corps, wavers between overbearing concern, vicarious arousal, and Münchausen syndrome by proxy; even she seems to want to get into the sick S&M game, demanding a little too lustfully to Nina, "Take off your shirt!" so that she can inspect her daughter for self-inflicted wounds.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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Lily (Mila Kunis) is a Nina's professional and sexual rival and frenemy -- the Gina Gershon in this high-art Showgirls to Portman's Elizabeth Berkeley (with apologies to Portman, who is good as always here).
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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Lily (Mila Kunis) is a Nina's professional and sexual rival and frenemy -- the Gina Gershon in this high-art Showgirls to Portman's Elizabeth Berkeley (with apologies to Portman, who is good as always here).
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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Nina's unstable, domineering mother Barbara Hershey, a former dancer who never made it beyond the corps, wavers between overbearing concern, vicarious arousal, and Münchausen syndrome by proxy; even she seems to want to get into the sick S&M game, demanding a little too lustfully to Nina, "Take off your shirt!" so that she can inspect her daughter for self-inflicted wounds.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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Nina's doppelgänger delusions stop surprising us the second or third time, and Hershey's character, an amalgam of countless screen mothers from throughout film history, suggest the director's portrayal of motherhood hasn't progressed much since Requiem.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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And there's Winona Ryder as the laughably over-the-top former principal now cast aside, a fate implied for Nina's future.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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But Nina's assessment was unsparing—the company needed new management—and Flohr acquiesced.
The Jet Set Stacy Meichtry 2012
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Photograph by Alexia S GRAND ENTRY | Art by Raphael Mazzucco hangs in the foyer of the Flohrs' Milan apartment For her 18th birthday, Nina's parents threw an elaborate weekend masquerade party for her and 300 friends in St. Petersburg.
The Jet Set Stacy Meichtry 2012
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Nina's time at boarding school—and sitting front row at fashion shows in Milan and Paris—also brought her into contact with the heirs and heiresses of Europe's wealthiest families, ranging from Margherita Missoni of the namesake Italian fashion label to Bianca Brandolini d'Adda, who hails from Italian nobility.
The Jet Set Stacy Meichtry 2012
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And there's Winona Ryder as the laughably over-the-top former principal now cast aside, a fate implied for Nina's future.
Rob Kirkpatrick: Burlesque and Black Swan: The Showgirls of Burlesque vs. the Showgirls of Ballet? Rob Kirkpatrick 2011
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