I can understand that the audience was not rolling around in laughter at viewing The Swan, and that only tricks of editing could make it appear that way. But that is what people see, even if it's not what actually happened.

I think it's important to note that, regardless of how people actually behave, media tends to make people appear to behave in certain ways. Just as it can encourages certain standards of beauty. It makes speaking out against any facet of society rather difficult.