When Alejandro González Iñárritu’s film “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” won the Academy Award for Best Picture in February of 2015, it appeared to be a rebuke of modern blockbuster trends.
In the film, a perfectly cast Michael Keaton played an actor named Riggan Thompson who, in the late ’80s and early ’90s, had risen to fame playing a silly superhero character called Birdman.
Ever since, Riggan had been fighting to regain his credibility as a “serious actor,” leading him to star in the high-profile Broadway play which serves as the centerpiece of the film.
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