My blog reviews movies as political, historical or social commentary with intentional disregard for their artistic or cinematic value. One foe of American political scientists and economists is that they ignore movies as sources to inform them on changes in American culture, view exoticism as a hallmark of "foreigness" and, at the same time, impart American values and judgment to foreign movies.
Aronofsky can be deservedly called "freak of the bleak". The movie is excessively dark, i.e. realistic. A gay man rejects anyone who wants to help him (a caregiver, estranged wife, a boy evangelist) for the respect of his sociopathic daughter.
