The internet had some fun with Darren Aronofsky on his 'mother!' Reddit AMA

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Well, we may never get the answers to our most burning (see what I did there?) mother! questions. On his Reddit AMA, director Darren Aronofsky did his best to remain both vague and overly explicit about the most divisive movie of the year.

Aronofsky, best known for his other enigmatic films like Black Swan and Requiem for a Dream, answered a few posts straightforwardly. Most notably, he answered whether mother! could be considered a comedy, if he was considering adapting it onto the stage, and what the hell that bathroom creature was.

Image: reddit

Image: reddit

Certainly, it seems like mother!'s over the top nature would lend itself to the Greek tragedy theatricality of an Opera. And to the first Redditor's credit, there's a reason why theater is always represented by the two masks of tragedy and comedy as intertwined. Read more...

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