The only difference is that inBlack Swanour lead is a ballerina, and inSmile 2we follow a singer.
Oh, and the latter also has a demon entity that will haunt you until it kills you.
Skye is preparing for a comeback tour because something traumatic happened to her.
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They are missing their protectors.
This forces Nina and Skye to go through their journeys alone.
We are watching not just this woman’s mind, but also her body, break down before us.
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The most sickening scene of all shows her leg breaking and forming into a swan leg.
Maybe it’s not happening in reality, but in her mind, it’s very real.
Kyle Gallner channels Jodie Foster in this tense opener.
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Smile 2uses body horror as well to show us how Skye Riley is breaking down mentally.
Most notable is her concert rehearsal when she hallucinates her leg breaking.
Like Nina, no one else can see it, but the pain is real for her.
BothBlack SwanandSmile 2use shocking visuals to tell the story of inner turmoil.
Dying, she goes to the stage for one last performance.
Both Nina and Skye Riley had their lives end in front of an audience.
With their existence all about performance, their deaths had to become art.
For a woman in performance art to stop and take a break is seen as a sign of weakness.
This is how it so often is for so many celebrities.
The tragedy of Skye Riley is that she is self-aware.
She knows she’s overworked, but no one will listen.
Dying for perfection is the worst demon of all.
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