Why is Birdman subtitled The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance?
Birdman is a movie about a theater play that tells a lot about movies, movie stars, actor and Hollywood.
I wonder why it is subtitled The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.
Is it meant as ...
... or more like ...
beati pauperes spiritu - Blessed in spirit are the poor.
I think it's safe to say that nothing in that movie is done randomly.
After all, the movie goes to great lengths :
- in casting Michael Keaton in the role of a washed up super hero star
- having Edward Norton as a difficult meddling actor
- having Noami Watts giving a sapphic kiss to a distraught woman.
Best Answer
The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
It's the title of Tabitha Dickinson's review about the play. She's a critic, initially she detests Riggan and his play but after actually watching it, she turns in a positive review praising Riggan's performance and his play.
A similar question was asked here and there's an excellent answer by a user.
Tabitha Dickinson is a critic who is deeply ingrained in the history of theater, specifically New York theater. To her, somebody who hasn't spent time in the theater is an amateur. They should spend time building up their skills and investing in the experience. She doesn't consider movie and TV acting as the same skill. She's seen a lot of theater that breaks the rules, and most of it has been very bad.
The line refers to her being impressed with this show. Though he has no experience, he has created a show that works well. An ignorant person has made choices that an experienced Broadway director wouldn't, but they worked.
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What is the meaning of the unexpected virtue of ignorance?
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The play he's producing has scenes in which a gun goes off and actors threaten each other. There's also plenty of swearing, from "a--hole" to "f--k," as well as some kissing and a scene in which an underwear-clad actor gets an erection while on stage during a play.Birdman - What it all Meant
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Answer 2
It is titled this because the entire movie is about man who is ignorant to how insignificant he is in the grand scheme of life. And his ignorance leads him to accomplish something spectacular: successfully starring, directing, and producing a play on Broadway.
Few Hollywood actors are known to ever accomplish this feat and most of them don't go from the mainstream shallow blockbuster stardom Riggan, the main character, once had to try and pull off something as artistic as he did.
It was ignorance of how dumb he looked that pushed him to his limits and allowed for his success to manifest as such a large scale at the end of the film.
Answer 3
The full title is
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
not
Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
So that means, if you call something Birdman, it can be called The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance and vice versa.
In the end, Tabitha called Riggan The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance. That means Riggan has become Birdman, becoming the real art which he has sought for a long time.
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