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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	comment	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a 2014 black comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Alejandro GonzÃ¡lez IÃ±Ã¡rritu and starring Michael Keaton, with Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Emma Stone and Naomi Watts in supporting roles.The film follows Riggan Thomson (Keaton), a washed-up actor best known for playing the superhero Birdman in a series of movies, as he tries to revive his career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway adaptation of Raymond Carver's short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.Along the way, he faces various difficulties both on and off stage, as he battles his own ego (and alter ego), a narcissistic actor (Norton) who attempts to wrestle control away from Riggan, and a critic hell-bent on destroying the production while attempting to repair his relationship with his family, in particular his daughter Sam (Stone).Notable talking points for the film included its original music consisting entirely of solo jazz drums, its score being infamously disqualified from Academy Award consideration for including classical music, and the fact that it's largely structured to appear as if it was filmed in one continuous take. (Even with this effect being achieved through editing, the film still has only several dozen visible cuts and required takes of 10-15 minutes in length.)Not to be confused with the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series from the '60s or the satirical show which had said cartoon's hero take up law practice or the Japanese comic of a similar name. Or the rapper. Or that bird-themed skateboarder who inspired a line of skateboarding video games. Or Bird People.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_120d0e3f	comment	Adam Westing: Quite a few. Riggan's history as "the guy who played Birdman two decades ago" is similar to Michael Keaton's portrayal of Batman. Edward Norton plays a brilliant but difficult method actor, similar to his own reputation, and also echoes himself in Fight Club.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_12b1f5f3	type	No Such Thing as Bad Publicity
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_12b1f5f3	comment	No Such Thing as Bad Publicity: In-Universe. After accidentally locking himself out of the St. James, Riggan is forced to scurry through Times Square in his underwear in order to get back in. The show gets tons of free promotion.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_14180452	type	Instantly Proven Wrong
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_14180452	comment	Instantly Proven Wrong: Mike insults Riggan saying that most people don't care about him as an actor. Cue a fan of Riggan's approaching from behind asking to be photographed together with him.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1420a9b8	type	Scenery Censor
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1420a9b8	comment	Scenery Censor: When Mike Shiner poses nude in front of a mirror, his best part is covered by a chairback.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_16364a29	type	Evil Sounds Deep
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_16364a29	comment	Evil Sounds Deep: Riggan's Birdman persona has a very deep voice.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_170128e9	type	Right Behind Me
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_170128e9	comment	Right Behind Me: Leslie doesn't want Sam to hear her bad-mouthing her to Mike.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_17a969de	type	No OSHA Compliance
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_17a969de	comment	No OSHA Compliance: Hospital windows — especially the ones with a large drop outside — don't open. Riggan also doesn't seem to be connected to any monitors. Which supports the idea the ending is all a dream as Riggan is lying in bed.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1869b4b1	type	Unreliable Narrator
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1869b4b1	comment	Unreliable Narrator: Riggan seems to believe he has superpowers, but evidence throughout the movie points to the idea that the audience is merely seeing his hallucinations.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_188802c0	type	Spurned into Suicide
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_188802c0	comment	Spurned into Suicide: In the Show Within a Show, Riggan plays a character who commits suicide because his wife doesn't love him anymore.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: "The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance" appears as a newspaper headline at the very end of the film. In-Universe. The play's title "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is namedropped at the end of Act I. During his meltdown at the rehearsal, Mike says, about the fried chicken on stage: "That's a nice bird, man!".
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: Watching the trailer, you might be forgiven for thinking that Riggan is a former real superhero who starred in films about himself, not a regular actor who might simply be delusional. Many of the shots in the trailer are, even considering the ambiguous nature of Riggan's powers, certainly just in his head.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1a237409	type	Order Versus Chaos
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1a237409	comment	Order Versus Chaos: Sylvia vs. Riggan (and everyone else). In the end, everybody praises Riggan's performance, whereas she (and Sam) are the only ones who actually give a damn about his health and safety.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: During a brief, explosive action sequence, Birdman looks directly into the camera and says, "Look at how their eyes light up. People, they love this shit. They love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical bullshit."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1fa5ae07	type	The Prima Donna
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_1fa5ae07	comment	Mike is a total prima donna and all around Jerkass, but occasionally he shows a softer, more likable side, mostly when he's with Sam.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_20c99f6e	type	Hidden Heart of Gold
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_20c99f6e	comment	Hidden Heart of Gold: Mike is a total prima donna and all around Jerkass, but occasionally he shows a softer, more likable side, mostly when he's with Sam.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: Riggan's life after the Birdman trilogy is an utter mess, and the film takes equal time making light of this as it does playing it for drama.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Mike demanding that they get a more realistic-looking prop gun. Riggan complies by bringing an actual gun on opening night and, in a fit of depression, tries to blow his head off. He fails.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_234fa9ba	type	Mayâ€“December Romance
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_234fa9ba	comment	Mayâ€“December Romance: Riggan appears to be much older than his girlfriend Laura. There's a significant age gap of about 18 years between the actors. The exact same situation happens with Sam and Mike and their actors also have an age gap of about 19 years as well. For that matter, the kiss, and potential future romance, between Laura and Lesley borders on this trope, as the two actresses have an age gap of 13 years.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: When Sam is walking Mike to the fitting room he comments on her ass. When she asks, "Seriously?" he says "Don't be so modest honey, this is the theater." Immediately after the costume director orders Mike to strip down. He asks Sam if she's going to leave and she repeats his words back to him. Following this, Laura comments that Lesley has a great ass to Riggan.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_24321e44	comment	Only Sane Man: Sylvia is the only character whose actions and responses both during the movie and backstory are fairly rational. Subverted with Sam, who is the only other major character who doesn't suffer some extreme personal breakdown during the movie, but had severe psychological and emotional distress in backstory that still affects her (it's that sort of movie). At the same time though, as someone who only acts as an assistant during the production, she acts as this to the more egotistic actors.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_26206ed7	type	"Spread Wings" Frame Shot
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_26206ed7	comment	"Spread Wings" Frame Shot: Riggan is a washed-up actor who imagines his most famous role, the superhero Birdman, as a critical voice in his head. At one point, Riggan is walking on the street and now sees Birdman as a visible figure, who flies up behind him and for a second makes him look as if he has wings◊.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: People who understand Gujarati know that the cab driver who walks into the theater after Riggan's flight scene is saying that Riggan didn't pay for his ride and is demanding his fare. It is made visually clear when he walks out later, money in hand.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2b1db021	type	Flight Is the Final Power
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2b1db021	comment	Flight Is the Final Power: Riggan Thompson is shown using telekinetic powers to levitate himself and other objects several times, but when he jumps off a building near the end he finally uses his power to make himself fly dreamily over Broadway (although it's very possible his powers are just in his head).
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2b65aa76	type	Straw Critic
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2b65aa76	comment	Ironically, Tabitha's existence seems to be directly mocking critics who automatically dismiss anything animated or comic-book-based for not qualifying as "real art."invoked
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Riggan may seem like a bit of a hack at first, but he does demonstrate genuine talent at several points. Additionally, during his vicious rant to Tabitha his mentions of craft and technique shows that he has much more respect towards art and thought to his approach of it than you might expect from someone whose main focus in his play is making a Career Resurrection.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_30d4f2a	type	Narcissist
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_30d4f2a	comment	Narcissist Mike Shiner is a pompous actor who loves to flaunt how much better he is than those around him. Riggan is somewhat of a Downplayed example. While his show reeks of being a Vanity Project, he's deeply insecure of himself as both a a professional and a person.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_31df118	type	Attention Whore
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_31df118	comment	Mike Shiner. He's self-centered, rude, and an Attention Whore to boot! Unfortunately, he's also usually right.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_3358987f	type	Dancing Bear
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_3358987f	comment	Dancing Bear: In-Universe, Riggan's Bungled Suicide ends up earning the play a lot of attention and accolades that it wasn't getting earlier. In line with how meta the film is, a lot of people had this view about the Long Take feature.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_37cb353b	type	Ate His Gun
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_37cb353b	comment	In the play, Lesley's former lover Ate His Gun but survived.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_392372f9	type	Actor Allusion
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_392372f9	comment	Actor Allusion: Obviously, there's Michael Keaton as an actor famous for playing a superhero. Less obviously, there's the fact that he, like his character, essentially disappeared from the public eye after he stopped playing a superhero. Riggan mentions meeting George Clooney on a plane. Clooney also played Batman in the 1990s. Edward Norton is known for being a hot-headed perfectionist method actor known for taking control away from directors. And he plays one, too! Norton's character in the film is said to have just left a big project, which might be a nod to him not continuing playing the Hulk beyond one film, especially since this comes right after Riggan rattles a list of actors he would like to get, and several of them are tied up shooting superhero films.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_3ea462d7	type	Take That, Audience!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_3ea462d7	comment	Take That, Audience!: During the brief moment where we see Riggan imagining explosions and a bird monster, Birdman's comments seem to be pointing fingers directly at the viewers. Additionally, it's somewhat of a pre-emptive snark considering it's one of those movies that has a bunch of negative public reviews labeling it "pretentious rubbish."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_42215dce	type	Ambiguous Ending
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_42215dce	comment	Ambiguous Ending: The film ends with Riggan surviving shooting himself to find that the public and even Tabitha loved his In-Universe Enforced Method Acting of shooting his nose off during the play's suicide scene. While his career is certainly on the upturn, he tells Birdman to fuck off before opening his hospital room window and starting to climb out of it. The camera pans away to show Sam entering with flowers, whereupon she panics at not being able to find him. She anxiously looks to the ground outside his room before pausing, looking up, and smiling at presumably seeing him fly. Whether she's actually watching her father defy the law of gravity or if the entire sequence post-gunshot is even real is left up to interpretation.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_43a831db	type	Epic Tracking Shot
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_43a831db	comment	Epic Tracking Shot: Halfway through the movie, a tracking shot moves from the street right through the bars of a balcony banister into Riggan's dressing room.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_46754750	type	Inadvertent Entrance Cue
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_46754750	comment	Inadvertent Entrance Cue: Double Subverted. After Riggan injures Ralph and tells Jake to find a new actor, Jake replies: "What, you think the ideal actor is just gonna knock on that door and take the part?!" [knock on the door]. It's only Lesley's face. Then she informs Riggan and Jake that Mike is available after all.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Riggan's selfish and sometimes blunt to the point of rudeness, but he loves his daughter and ex-wife, and does care about the rest of the cast and crew. Except Mike. Sam, Riggan's daughter. She's very cynical and doesn't mince her words for anybody, but she's not a bad person and shows a more caring side several times.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_494a4104	type	Naked People Trapped Outside
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_494a4104	comment	Naked People Trapped Outside: Riggan's robe gets stuck in the door, so he is forced to walk around Times Square in his underwear.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4d3a3884	type	Copiously Credited Creator
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4d3a3884	comment	Copiously Credited Creator: In-universe. Mike is impressed by Riggan being the scriptwriter, and director, and also starring in his adaption.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4ff6f484	type	Trash the Set
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_4ff6f484	comment	Trash the Set: Riggan is a Prima Donna Director and in a fit of rage he completely wrecks his dressing room.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: In the movie's opening, Sam buys some flowers for Riggan. In the closing scene, she brings some more. There's also the meteor dream.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_532f8e61	type	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_532f8e61	comment	Instant Humiliation: Just Add YouTube!: A case of Naked People Are Funny. The clip of Riggan in underwear on Times Square goes viral and receives 50,000 clicks on YouTube within a day.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_58970413	type	Coincidental Broadcast
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_58970413	comment	Coincidental Broadcast: During the epilogue in the hospital, when they turn on the TV, it cuts right into a news report of people around the country praying for Riggan's health.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: Mentioned to have happened at least once in Riggan and Sylvia's marriage. When he asks her why they divorced, she reminds him that he attacked her with a knife during one of their altercations- simply because she didn't like a movie he was in.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5a3b8032	type	The Un-Reveal
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5a3b8032	comment	The Unreveal: The last scene of Sam looking out of the window in awe, yet we never learn what she saw.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5b565147	type	Meaningful Background Event
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5b565147	comment	Meaningful Background Event: The day after the initial preview, the backstage halls get narrower and the carpet changes to something reminiscent of the hotel in The Shining. They get narrower again the following night. On the way to the bar with Mike, Riggan tips a drummer. The drummer's not there on the way back, but the drumming is. When Mike's not on stage, all his costumes are based on James Dean characters.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5d5cc3fd	type	Through the Eyes of Madness
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5d5cc3fd	comment	Through the Eyes of Madness: We see the film through Riggan's unstable mind. Though the ending suggests that it's real.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5f70322e	type	Public Domain Soundtrack
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5f70322e	comment	Public Domain Soundtrack: Though most of the soundtrack is a series of drum solos, it is mixed with snippets of classical music. The incidental music for the play includes the slow movements of Tchaikovsky's Fourth and Fifth Symphonies (the latter also plays after the scene in which Sam takes Riggan down a few pegs), the opening of Mahler's Symphony No.9, and Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante defunte", while Ravel's Piano Trio plays during Riggan's trip to the bar and confrontation with Tabitha, and the "flying" sequence is set to a composite of the first two movements of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No.2. The prominence of these pieces appearing in the score is what lost Antonio SÃ¡nchez his Oscar nomination for his drum score.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5f91efd9	type	Creative Closing Credits
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_5f91efd9	comment	Creative Closing Credits: Inverted and played straight. All of the letters per line of the opening credits and (main) closing credits appear and disappear on screen in alphabetical order, ie. all the As appear first, then the Bs, and so forth. Each letter's appearance is also synced to the drum solo backing it. The opening credits start by having the poem "Late Fragment" by Raymond Carver, whose short story Riggan is adapting, appear onscreen. As it disappears, the film's main title begins appearing; when it finishes doing so, the sequence pauses to show that the final four letters of Carver's poem spell out the word "Amor". "Amor" is "love" in Spanish, and apart from its connection to Carver's poem (which centers around "calling" and "feeling [one's self] beloved on the Earth"), it can also be considered a reference to Riggan's adaptation.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_623d69e0	type	The Power of Acting
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_623d69e0	comment	The Power of Acting: Riggan's Birdman persona gives him the motivation to go out and continue to act.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_62b65869	type	And I'm the Queen of Sheba
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_62b65869	comment	And I'm the Queen of Sheba: Jake tries to motivate Riggan by telling him that Martin Scorsese, who is casting a movie, will be in the audience one night. When Laura asks if it's true, he replies, "Yeah. and the new pope, too." (This was about a year after Pope Francis took office.) ... which may be a reference to yet another Keaton film, Johnny Dangerously, where Keaton's character, the eponymous Dangerously, says "around here I'm just plain Johnny Kelley", to which the Pope replies, "Sure, and I'm-a the Pope."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_69fe36a8	type	Faux Adventure Story
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_69fe36a8	comment	Faux Adventure Story: The movie employs the aesthetics of a superhero blockbuster, but is actually a black comedy/psychological drama about a former blockbuster actor attempting to start a new career in theater.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6bd689ca	type	Meaningful Echo
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6bd689ca	comment	Meaningful Echo: At one point, Riggan vents to his ex-wife about how he shouldn't have videotaped Sam's birth because he missed the moment. Then, in the epilogue he finally gets to share an authentic moment in a hospital with Sam. Riggan to Lesley: "You're beautiful and you're talented and I'm lucky to have you." Laura, his girlfriend, hears this and sulks because he never said anything like that to her. Then Lesley repeats the line to her in a meaningful manner.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Mike Shiner is an arrogant Prima Donna who gets punched a few times. "Shiner" is slang for a black eye.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Averted, but only barely. Riggan tells his wife he attempted to commit suicide after cheating on her at their anniversary party, and then, on opening night - believing that his show will be a failure and he will lose everything - he tries to blow his brains out (but fails). He also possibly attempts suicide by jumping off a roof twice (two different roofs), although it's more ambiguous.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_72e1bd14	type	Bungled Suicide
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_72e1bd14	comment	Bungled Suicide: A running theme. In the play, Lesley's former lover Ate His Gun but survived. Same happens to Riggan during the play's grand finale on opening night. Riggan reveals that he tried Suicide by Sea after cheating on his wife but jellyfish made him return to the beach.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7332c94f	type	Suicide by Sea
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7332c94f	comment	Riggan reveals that he tried Suicide by Sea after cheating on his wife but jellyfish made him return to the beach.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_738eef3a	type	Theatre is True Acting
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_738eef3a	comment	Theatre Is True Acting: Mike firmly believes that being a Broadway actor makes him superior to (former) Hollywood star Riggan, claiming that "popularity is the slutty little sister of prestige."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7ad0e492	type	Imaginary Friend
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7ad0e492	comment	Riggan's Imaginary Friend calls Robert Downey Jr. a clown in a tin man get-up.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7b8b3def	type	Celebrity Paradox
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7b8b3def	comment	Celebrity Paradox: The movie references the Marvel Cinematic Universe early on, namedropping Jeremy Renner and Robert Downey Jr. as actors in the franchise. Edward Norton is in the movie, and he played Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk (2008) before being replaced by Mark Ruffalo.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Sam gives Riggan a particularly nasty one; he may ridicule social media and viral videos, but she tells him they're a large part of how society and popular culture have moved on and left him behind. She immediately looks like she regrets it, but walks away instead of apologizing. Riggan serves one to Tabitha, calling her position and work methods as a critic cowardly and risk-free while he's risking everything on his play. Tabitha gives one right back to him, calling his Hollywood movies "cartoons and pornography" and telling him that no matter how good his play is, she'll demolish it, though she apparently was impressed enough to write a positive review afterward.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7e226b8a	type	Orbital Shot
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7e226b8a	comment	Orbital Shot: The camera moves in circles around the kitchen table while characters do some talking.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7e415ab5	type	Hospital Epilogue
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_7e415ab5	comment	Hospital Epilogue: The film ends with Riggan's daughter visiting him in the hospital after his Bungled Suicide. That ending comes as a surprise given that Riggan shot himself in the dead and was presumably dead.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Riggan's Birdman persona thoroughly enjoys every line he speaks (the opening line of the film, mentioned at the top of the page, sets the character's tone immediately.) The homeless man reciting Macbeth seems to be aware that he's probably playing his monologue up a little too much. "Was that too much? I can see it in your face, it was too much. I was just trying to give you some range."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_828b231	type	We Were Rehearsing a Play
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_828b231	comment	We Were Rehearsing a Play: Inverted. Riggan walks up to actors on a stage having a discussion and it is a minute or so before the audience is clued in on whether this is a bunch of actors having a real conversation on the set, or a rehearsal - it's actually the rehearsal.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_84764598	type	Dramatic Thunder
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_84764598	comment	Dramatic Thunder: Employed for the climatic bedroom scene in the Show Within a Show.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_85f0f0fb	type	World of Snark
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_85f0f0fb	comment	World of Snark: Pretty much every character of note has some kind of witty remark on hand.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8a24c94e	type	Studio Chatter
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8a24c94e	comment	Studio Chatter: The first seconds of the opening credits and the final seconds of the closing credits feature drummer/score writer Antonio SÃ¡nchez speaking to director IÃ±Ã¡rritu, who was sitting in the recording booth with SÃ¡nchez, during the recording of the film's score.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8ae880f7	type	Deconstruction
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8ae880f7	comment	Deconstruction: Of the pursuit of fame and recognition, showing what happens when a person's entire self-image revolves around those things. Riggan's life and mental state fell apart after he lost his fame, and his attempts to regain it only send him further into the depths of madness. The film also deconstructs Broadway and theater in general, illustrating just how difficult and stressful putting together a Broadway play is. Clashing egos, relationship issues, and freak accidents (one of which results in a lawsuit) cause production problems; Riggan has to refinance his house in order to fund the play, and by opening night he's broke. Plus there's the added pressure of having to win over an influential critic that could easily sink the play with a bad review.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8cd96e6c	type	Nasal Trauma
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8cd96e6c	comment	Nasal Trauma: During Riggan's opening night show, he loads the prop gun with real bullets, intending to commit suicide onstage. Instead he ends up shooting his nose off and fainting, waking up to find he's still alive, his play is getting incredible reviews for "super realism", and he's been surgically given a new nose.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8d6d9535	type	Artistic License â€“ Medicine
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8d6d9535	comment	Artistic License â€“ Medicine: People will debate if it is real or a dream sequence at the end, but if it isn't: If Riggan was supposed to be lying in bed at the hospital, he should have been hooked up to a heart monitor, and an alarm should have gone off at the nurses' station when he got up. He also shouldn't have been able to take the bandages off so easily by himself. Hospital rooms also do not have windows that open.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8e76ea52	type	Fish-Eye Lens
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8e76ea52	comment	Fish-Eye Lens: There is a mild fish eye effect in some close-up shots of individuals, for example when Sam is telling Riggan what's wrong with him.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8ee370b6	type	Method Acting
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_8ee370b6	comment	Mikeâ€™s entire character is a rather scathing one to method actors; portraying the lengths that such actors will go to for the sake of â€œauthenticityâ€� as being absurd and pretentious; along with how the practitioners carry a detrimental, self-important air to boot.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_90c70630	type	Fatal Method Acting
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_90c70630	comment	Fatal Method Acting: Barely averted in-universe, as Riggan shoots himself in the head during the opening night performance. He survives, and is also praised for his new acting style of "Super-Realism".
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9637893b	type	Schrödinger's Butterfly
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9637893b	comment	SchrÃ¶dinger's Butterfly: SchrÃ¶dinger's Bird. Given how Riggan's dream sequences appear between his real life, some exploit this possibility.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_96d1b224	type	Little People Are Surreal
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_96d1b224	comment	Little People Are Surreal: It's revealed through dialog that the play Riggan is working on includes a dream sequence with dancing dwarfs.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_96fbeaf	type	There Are No Therapists
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_96fbeaf	comment	There Are No Therapists: No theater production staff in their right mind would leave a dangerously depressed important lead actor by himself, even if he was the director.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_97926168	type	Rewatch Bonus
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_97926168	comment	Rewatch Bonus: During the scene before Ralph is injured, Riggan can be seen glancing at the lights above, implying that he has or is tampering with them in order to get Ralph out of his play.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9843be73	type	As You Know
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9843be73	comment	As You Know: How Riggan introduces Jake: "Look, you're my attorney. You're my producer. You're my best friend."
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The first time a rehearsal of the play is shown in the movie, the characters are discussing an event that ends up mirroring an event at the end: a character attempting, and failing, to commit suicide by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Birdman tells Riggan he can reclaim his former glory if he loses the goatee and gets some plastic surgery. After shooting himself in the face, Riggan makes headlines and has his face reconstructed, sans goatee. At the beginning, Riggan says about the mediocre actor who was hit by a light spot on the head that bleeding was the only thing he ever got good at. At the end, Riggan shoots himself for real on stage and this cements the success of the play and earns him a glowing review from the critic.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a10d8339	type	The Show Must Go On
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a10d8339	comment	The Show Must Go On: Never referenced by name, but happens often with Jake's uneven behavior and Riggan's breakdown, but best displayed in Riggan's scene running around the building in his underwear to make sure he makes his cue.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a18042f1	type	Left the Background Music On
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a18042f1	comment	Left the Background Music On: A jazzy drum beat recurs frequently throughout the movie. At one point, Riggan tips a street performer who is apparently providing the sound. Later, the same drummer is again seen backstage at the theater.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a54534a0	type	Parental Neglect
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a54534a0	comment	Parental Neglect: Sam accuses her father of this. They kind of reconnect in the movie's epilogue. See Meaningful Echo.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a55ab01e	type	Jerkass Realization
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a55ab01e	comment	Jerkass Realization: After delivering a huge "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Riggan, Sam looks at her father with guilt in her eyes. She leaves without apologizing, but it's clear she realizes she went too far, and she never acts anywhere near as mean-spirited to Riggan after that.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a5eb6c29	type	Vanity Project
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a5eb6c29	comment	Vanity Project: In-universe with Riggan's Broadway production.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a681bfc6	type	Amicable Exes
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a681bfc6	comment	Amicable Exes: Riggan and his ex-wife are on good terms and it almost seems like they may get back together at the end when they share a kiss backstage.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a76de48b	type	Troubled Production
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a76de48b	comment	Troubled Production: In-Universe. The film is about the problems the show faces, internally and externally.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a89b070a	type	Career Resurrection
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_a89b070a	comment	Career Resurrection: invoked Riggan's career has been circling the drain since he bowed out of doing further Birdman sequels, and he is hoping to revive it by adapting Raymond Carver's short story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" for the Broadway stage, and directing and starring in the initial run.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ad3e13c5	type	The Loins Sleep Tonight
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ad3e13c5	comment	The Loins Sleep Tonight: Mike has a hard time getting hard outside of the stage, which Lesley brings up after nearly trying to have sex with her on stage for the sake of realism. Mike also shows reluctance towards Sam's attraction to him at first, and states this as the reason.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b2af79fb	type	Leave the Camera Running
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b2af79fb	comment	Leave the Camera Running: Given the nature of the film to serve as an Epic Tracking Shot for two whole hours, the camera pauses at an empty hallway at one point and sits there for a whole twenty seconds before Riggan walks into frame.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b3a0852b	type	Animation Age Ghetto
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b3a0852b	comment	Animation Age Ghetto: In-universe. The New York Times critic Tabitha derides Hollywood for presenting awards to cartoons and porn, implying they are equally artistically bankrupt. This is a belief among certain critics.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b3f4b615	type	Raging Stiffie
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b3f4b615	comment	Raging Stiffie: Mike gets an embarrassing one onstage after improvising a sex scene. It almost ruins the show (again).
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: Some pretty nasty ones. Riggan's Imaginary Friend calls Robert Downey Jr. a clown in a tin man get-up. Jake mocks the prequelitis of the X-Men Film Series. Also his harsh joke about Meg Ryan's nose job. Riggan snarks about Jeremy Renner jumping onto the Super Hero bandwagon ("They put him in a cape, too?") Mikeâ€™s entire character is a rather scathing one to method actors; portraying the lengths that such actors will go to for the sake of â€œauthenticityâ€� as being absurd and pretentious; along with how the practitioners carry a detrimental, self-important air to boot. Sam mentions that "that dude from American Pie" was with her at the rehab. The film could be viewed as one against superheroes in general with Riggan's fantasy and Birdman's subsequent comments being a stark example. This seems to only be influenced by the director's own beliefs. A triple one when Sam criticizes Mikeâ€™s pep-talk to her as being Oprah Winfrey, R. Kelly and Hallmark bad. Riggan and Laura snark that they shouldnâ€™t have kids together because they would have turned out like Justin Bieber. Ironically, Tabitha's existence seems to be directly mocking critics who automatically dismiss anything animated or comic-book-based for not qualifying as "real art."invoked
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b53c57d5	type	Epigraph
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b53c57d5	comment	Epigraph: The film opens with an on-screen quote from the poem "Late Fragment" by Raymond Carver, the writer whose short story Riggan is adapting.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b688bbfc	type	Pregnancy Scare
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b688bbfc	comment	Pregnancy Scare: Riggan's girlfriend reveals to him that she missed her last two periods. His excitement is underwhelming which earns him a slap in the face. Later we learn that the girlfriend made her pregnancy up just to observe his reaction.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b6cebad3	type	Double Standard
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_b6cebad3	comment	Double Standard: Tabitha gives the example of Hollywood performers making up and giving each other awards for their hollow productions and performances... despite Broadway having the Tonys with over-the-top, big-budget features (not to mention Conceptual/Modern art movements and their self-driven recognition system).
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Both Shiner and Riggan, though Riggan's slightly more subtle about it. Slightly.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bbec7823	type	Bedroom Adultery Scene
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bbec7823	comment	Bedroom Adultery Scene: Riggan's play ends with him catching his wife with Shiner's character in the bedroom which leads him to commit suicide.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bc1a0bb1	type	The Last Dance
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bc1a0bb1	comment	The Last Dance: Invoked. After letting his Birdman persona pump him up before the opening night, Riggan performs a hell of a performance to the point that people are gushing about him during the intermission and eager to see more. He ends it with a suicide attempt that, ironically, is the finishing touch that makes everyone go wild.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bef696dd	type	Mind Screw
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: Does Riggan have psychic powers? Did he commit suicide at any point in the film, with the remainder serving as some sort of Dying Dream? What did Sam's reaction to the ending indicate? Good luck figuring those out.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c0b01	type	Set Behind the Scenes
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c0b01	comment	Set Behind the Scenes: The whole story is about the production of Riggan's play, and most of it takes place backstage of the rehearsals.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: Riggan attempts to stage a theatrical version of Raymond Carverâ€™s short story â€œWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Loveâ€� that heâ€™s adapting, directing, and starring in himself. It is not going as well as heâ€™d hoped.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c3585f4a	type	Boom, Headshot!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c3585f4a	comment	Boom, Headshot!: Riggan's version of What We Talk About When We Talk About Love ends with his character shooting himself in the head after finding his wife in bed with another man. During the premiere, Riggan shoots himself in the head with a real gun. He survives, though.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c3b51bb3	type	You Are Better Than You Think You Are
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c3b51bb3	comment	You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Mike gives Sam a prep talk during their second time on the roof all while complimenting her on her looks and them both staring deep into each other's eyes. It's implied this was just a ruse by Mike to get into her panties which he does.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c4d293c4	type	Let's See YOU Do Better!
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c4d293c4	comment	Riggan serves one to Tabitha, calling her position and work methods as a critic cowardly and risk-free while he's risking everything on his play. Tabitha gives one right back to him, calling his Hollywood movies "cartoons and pornography" and telling him that no matter how good his play is, she'll demolish it, though she apparently was impressed enough to write a positive review afterward.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Birdman 3's title font resembles that of Iron Man 3's. Riggan's Birdman voice suggests calling their comeback film The Phoenix Rises. During the scene when Riggan is envisioning Birdman flying and using his powers, Birdman's beams look identical to Birdman's solar beams. The carpeting backstage is similar to that in The Shining.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Riggan is certainly one, with his chronic hallucinations, occasional meltdowns, and manic, stressed out demeanor.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's not clear how much of the film's Magical Realism is meant to be real, or exist solely in Riggan's mind. There is evidence for and against: When he uses telekinesis to wreck his dressing room, Jake walks in and sees him using his hands to wreck something, suggesting all the psychic powers are actually in his head. After Riggan goes flying, when he lands in front of the theater and walks inside, a cabbie rushes into the theater almost immediately afterward demanding cab fare. This suggests that his flying trip was just a cab ride, but we also never see who the cabbie collected his fare from. When Ralph gets hit in the head with a stage light, Riggan claims responsibility for it because he wanted Ralph out of the play. Riggan can also be seen repeatedly glancing at the lights above Ralph, suggesting he's telekinetically tampering with them. It could've just been a coincidence and he was just rolling his eyes at the Bad "Bad Acting". There's really no possibility that the meteor strikes, monster bird and phantom Birdman are real, so we know that at least some things are all in Riggan's head. In the very end, Sam looks out into the street for Riggan, then looks up into the sky and smiles. It's not clear if she's seeing Riggan flying, or looking at something else, or is simply part of Riggan's fantasy to begin with. When Riggan flies off the street to the roof, people stop and stare. Riggan leaves the frame, but the people continue to stare as the camera pans up and shows that he is now perched on top of a roof. Someone asks if he's shooting a movie or not. Either these bystanders saw Riggan float up there or they are looking up to see a famous actor perched on a roof.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cb83d23b	type	I Just Want to Be Special
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cb83d23b	comment	I Just Want to Be Special: Sam says this is the reason Riggan is doing the play - he's so frightened at being a faceless, forgotten nobody that he has to grab the spotlight back no matter the cost. Considering his personality at times, it's probably true.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce27dc3f	type	Protagonist Title
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce27dc3f	comment	Protagonist Title: Refers to Riggan, who played the titular fictional superhero.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce28f525	type	Wag the Director
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce28f525	comment	Wag the Director: invoked A good portion of the film is dedicated to Riggan dealing with Mike's attempts at usurping control of the play. Already during their first rehearsal, Mike suggests cutting several lines from the dialog for being redundant.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce9da072	type	Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ce9da072	comment	Realistic Diction Is Unrealistic: Downplayed. While the characters tend to make verbose speeches and can rapidly go back and forth in dialog, you can occasionally hear them repeat words or stutter.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cf511248	type	All Part of the Show
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_cf511248	comment	All Part of the Show: The in-universe audience doesn't realize that Riggan actually shot himself for real at the end of the play. Once they learn the truth, however, they like it even more, praising the "Super-Realism" of the production.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d0f0a80d	type	One-Word Title
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d2d4f0c6	type	Power Fantasy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d2d4f0c6	comment	Power Fantasy: Riggan's "flight" and "telekinesis". Maybe.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d55108a1	type	Horrible Hollywood
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d55108a1	comment	Horrible Hollywood: The New York Times critic (Tabitha) uses this as her reasoning to sabotage the performance, believing that screen actors don't belong onstage.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d64491d8	type	Meaningless Meaningful Words
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d848560f	type	Unusual Euphemism
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d848560f	comment	Unusual Euphemism:
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d84a3beb	type	Either/Or Title
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_d84a3beb	comment	Either/Or Title: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_df79b05b	type	Media Scrum
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_df79b05b	comment	Media Scrum: The crazy crowd of journalists in front of Riggan's hospital room at the end. The police can barely keep them in check.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_dfa40c1b	type	Didn't See That Coming
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_dfa40c1b	comment	Didn't See That Coming: In a quite literal sense. At the hospital, when Jake boasts about how he can see into the future, Riggan's ex-wife slaps him in the face, just to disprove his point.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e022585	type	Television Geography
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e022585	comment	Television Geography: The street outside St. James Theater is depicted with some licenses.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Obviously, birds play a major part in the movie. For example, Sam has a tattoo on her shoulder of a feather that turns into a small flock of birds.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e5421161	comment	Expy: Birdman is obviously based on Batman.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e545d293	type	Narm
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e545d293	comment	Narm:invoked In-Universe, Mike's Raging Stiffie during a preview causes derisive laughter during what is otherwise meant to be a very emotional scene.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e63270bc	type	Mr. Imagination
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e63270bc	comment	Mr. Imagination: Riggan, who frequently imagines having both telekinesis and Flight as well as some other powers, not to mention having Birdman follow him. This gets played for both laughs and drama. The ending leaves it ambiguous whether it's Real After All.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e7e558	type	The Oner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e7e558	comment	The Oner: The movie is shot and edited to look like a single, uninterrupted take (though prior to the shot of Riggan levitating, there are two CG shots of the Birdman flying through the New York skies). In reality, the film contains roughly 16 scenes that were skillfully stitched together in post-production to give the illusion of a single take. The actors cited that if any of them made a mistake, it would be on them. Apparently, Emma Stone made the most mistakes, and Zach Galifianakis made the fewest. He actually did mess up a few lines during the filming but played his mistakes off well enough that the shots were included in the film.note In a stricter sense of the trope, Keaton's walk through Times Square in his boxers was only shot twice; any more takes, and he would have been recognized.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e807c3ec	type	Levitating Lotus Position
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_e807c3ec	comment	Levitating Lotus Position: Riggan is floating in midair for his meditation practice in the opening scene.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_eb0df85e	type	Ham-to-Ham Combat
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_eb0df85e	comment	Ham-to-Ham Combat: Riggan and Shiner indulge in it at times, with the former complaining the latter is clearly overacting to try to steal the spotlight.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Riggan's selfish and sometimes blunt to the point of rudeness, but he loves his daughter and ex-wife, and does care about the rest of the cast and crew. Except Mike.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ef81dc82	type	Fantasy Sequence
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_ef81dc82	comment	Fantasy Sequence: Reconstructed and used in several scenes throughout the film. The first scene shows Riggan levitating alone in his dressing room before he ceases and prepares for his role. When he's next on stage, he looks at a light directly above Ralph during a poor read-through of the play, and the light falls and hits Ralph on the head, injuring and removing him from the production. Later, he receives flowers from Sam different to those he requested; so, once alone with them, he smashes the vase in which they are placed telekinetically. Further along, while downcast in his dressing room, he uses his powers to destroy the furniture within it (including his "Birdman" film poster) before Jake enters. Next, on the morning of Opening Day, with a hangover and after a night of heavy drinking and waking on the street, coaxed by his alter ego, he imagines a giant metallic bird destroying a suburban section of New York. Then, after stepping away from the edge of a high roof at another gentleman's insistence, he runs back and jumps off of it, and, from there, begins flying. Finally, while recovering from his gunshot wound in a hospital, he opens the window of the room, seeing a flock of birds flying in the distance, and stands on the sill of the window; we then see the room and Sam enter the room, looking for Riggan; she sees the open window and panics; she looks through it, down to the street; she hears a bird's cry and looks in the same direction as Riggan had looked - where he saw the birds - and smiles.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f15d87b2	type	Bad Review Threat
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f15d87b2	comment	Bad Review Threat: Tabitha Dickinson, a highly influential theater critic, promises Riggan that she'll give his play a terrible review and get it shut down early. She's not even blackmailing him; she just despises that he's a Hollywood actor trying to succeed on Broadway. Subverted in the end when, following Riggan's attempted on-stage suicide, Tabitha ends up giving a glowing review of his "method acting" and makes the show a success.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f19e8a55	type	Bad "Bad Acting"
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f19e8a55	comment	Bad "Bad Acting": Ralph, the actor in the beginning, is said to be a very bad actor by everyone who works with him. He's so bad that Riggan claims he made the light fall on his head to remove him from the play. Amusingly, Michael Keaton commented in an interview that Jeremy Shamos (Ralph's actor) was probably the most theatrically experienced actor of them all and one of the most talented actors he'd ever met. Indeed, Shamos' work is a fairly realistic example of this trope, as Ralph comes across as a genuinely bad actor, but not nearly as exaggerated as most examples, to the point where it's believable he'd be cast, especially in such a Troubled Production.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f4b744f5	comment	Unkempt Beauty: Sam's general look.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: Despite Riggan having shot himself in the head, the play is a success, his relationship with Sam is mended, and Riggan is praised for his new acting technique of "Super-Realism". Also, he becomes Birdman in the end. Maybe.
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f76b8969	type	Anthropomorphic Personification
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) / int_f76b8969	comment	Anthropomorphic Personification: The visualized Birdman, possibly the ghost of Riggan's past self in character, may represent Riggan's subconscious desire to return to blockbuster cinema, a temptation that the real Riggan furiously resists.
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