Fly into authenticity

The film focuses on authenticity. Riggan struggles with finding his authentic self. He is trapped in the costume of birdman, the character still speaking in his head. This makes it impossible for him to become authentic to his true self and take off the mask of the birdman character. The absurd is shown in Riggan's attempts to become who he wants to be and go from being birdman to presenting his play and starring in the production as an actor, not just a celebrity. I think this rio, addresses labels with Riggan being labeled as a celebrity and not an actor, and Riggan having been labeled as birdman and trying to change the label to his roll in the play. We see the critic try and place Riggan as a celebrity, as Birdman. But this is not Riggan's authentic self. He struggles trying to present his play and his character in a meaningful and authentic way. After ending up in the Hospitol because he shot his nose we finally see him "fly" out the window. I this this was a symbol of him freeing himself from labels and finally finding himself and becoming authentic to himself. I think the film allows you to interpreted things in your own way allowing more imagination in the ways we see the film. It has an interesting way of going about explaining its themes but I think it can be valuable. I would recommend seeing it at least twice because it felt like the first time around was just trying to get the story line and it was hard for me to really delve into the meaning of the movie.