It is what it is.

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 2019)

There's nothing I can write in this review that wouldn't be hypocritical; to say anything is to fall prey to Birdman's point. A caustic satire on The Method that pontificates of what art really means, this film is thoroughly engrossing. It is a bolt from the blue and the more times I watch the more I am convinced it beyond words and description.
I think my appreciation of the film can be summed up in a single, but not simply, question. Is Keaton actually acting in the film?
I will also remark that it isn't hard to get this narrative into actual superhero tropes. After all, before the big show, a penultimate showdown with the actor's nemesis, i.e. the critic, takes place. Nemesis monologues about how she will destroy the world-sorry I mean play-and her plan to do so.
This is Birdman