A dark comedy, by definition, is based on farcical and gloomy humour, and is, more often than not, controversial. Its fantastical, surreal take on everyday life is the key attraction, ideally, and the setting is usually grandiose. Birdman, by the intriguing Alejandro G Innaritu, is a film that definitely belongs to this genre, but it is more character-driven than other movies of this category, and is therefore more complicated. Not to say that it is not enjoyable. First, however, the story.
Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) is in the process of presenting his Broadway play, based....