Patrick Bateman ist jetzt eine Ikone im unironischen Stil. Vermissen die Leute den Witz?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/t-magazine/patrick-bateman-american-psycho-style.html
Patrick Bateman ist jetzt eine Ikone im unironischen Stil. Vermissen die Leute den Witz?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/t-magazine/patrick-bateman-american-psycho-style.html
10 Kommentare
This is like the greedy shitheads who think Gordon Gecko did nothing wrong.
People were missing the joke when they were casting. Christian Bale asked the director if the script for American Psycho was supposed to be so funny. That’s when Mary Harron knew Christian Bale was perfect because he actually understood it.
People always miss the joke, I’ve been in sales roles that used clips from The Wolf of Wall Street as hype motivation.
Media literacy is dead.
There are people who literally cannot understand satire/irony. And therefore probably also not the concept of an unreliable narrator or even simply a bad one („He’s the main character, so he’s the good guy“)
I mean, who doesnt like music? Who doesnt like to take care of themselves? Who doesnt like fancy nights out? Who doesnt like driving an axe into the head of some dude while enjoying a bit Huey? Honestly, I think we just try too hard to be objectionable…
I think it’s the character of Bateman imitating reality. Lot of fake people out there who leave you for dead.
No. They’re not missing the joke. They just are not shocked by him being a Psycho. The aesthetics of violence are very normal in western culture.
Bret Easton Ellis was horrified to find out people look up to Patrick Bateman.
Yes. Is is not clear by now that they don’t understand satire
When I watched this in theaters (yeah, I’m ancient), two guys behind me were talking loudly about “if this dude’s so rich how come he got that old ass phone?” Maybe they were being sarcastic but I think it’s more likely that they didn’t have a clue what they were watching.