LOL: Todd Barry And Darren Aronofsky Discuss The Original ‘Black Swan’
By Angie Han/March 22, 2011 9:30 am EST
Is it just me, or does the Deli Manager poster look like it’s for a straight-up horror film? I get that the font and format is aping the real Black Swan poster, but I’m finding that overall the look is more reminiscent of the character sheets for Kevin Smith’s Red State. Who knew Todd Barry could look so terrifying?
The Deli Manager, of course, is just one of many, many Black Swan parodies that have hit the Internet since the film’s release late last year. In this space alone, we’ve featured the Black Swan-Showgirls trailer mashup, the SNL skit starring Jim Carrey as Nina, and the Jackass spoof. The clips from The Deli Manager don’t strike me as particularly clever (though the “He’s brilliant” scene made me laugh) but I definitely got a kick out of watching Aronofsky explain with a straight face that Black Swan started as a movie about a deli manager. And Barry is funny as usual. No matter how big his deli manager character gets, he’ll always be Todd of the Crazy Dogggz to me.Discuss: But seriously, folks, Aronofsky’s moustache: yea or nay? I say NAY, unless he also brings back the beard.
