Ed Koch Reviews "Black Swan"

As you may know, Ed Koch, New York’s straightest living ex-mayor, has an email list and he regularly reviews movies. “You may enjoy the movie, but I was disappointed. It intended to unite the ballet with a Freudian or Havelock Ellis spin that would satisfy the audiences’ expectation of great art and its carnal desires. Neither worked, at least not for me…. I hope I will not be thought of as a coarse Philistine for not praising this film. I confess that I am not a devotee of the ballet; indeed, I have attended only a few performances. I once appeared on stage reading the narration of ‘Peter and the Wolf’ which I enjoyed a lot, and I also loved the move ‘The Red Shoes.’ I would have preferred if ‘Black Swan’ had included more dancing or more Freud, but there wasn’t enough of either to engulf the senses.”