INDIA, Dec. 3 -- Hollywood revered the "good girl" for many years. You know, the archetype of a woman who would apologise to a door if she ran into it. She smiles through pain, and suffers in silence. She was soft, pliable, morally upright and frequently moisturised. Then, fifteen years ago, that archetype was destroyed when Black Swan pirouetted onto the screen. As the movie completes 15 years of its release in 2025, let's take a look at Black Swan, its cultural impact, and how Nina Sayers (played by Natalie Portman) took the entire cultural idea of feminine innocence with her.

We thought, "Poor girl, she's losing it," when we saw her delicate perfection in 2010. In 2025, we look at her again and think, "oh, she's just chronically polit...