The meme thing where people stick Mareux's cover of Perfect Girl on clips of Patrick Bateman is so random and specific. I guess people are doing it with the joker too. Also using Mr Kitty tracks. So a edgelord thing basically. Then they slow down and speed up the tracks.
I guess it comes from those two tiktok reaction videos the one where he's slowly moving backwards and the one with the suitcases.
Then got suggested a video titled 'Why Men Love American Psycho' by Moon, which I didn't watch all the way through so I'm not posting it here because I can't be bothered to check if there's any graphic imagery shown during since there are in some parts of the film. I think the gist based on parts I listened to and comments was postmodernism = boring, this film lets people blow off steam or something.
This video explores the message of American Psycho on modernity and post modernism through Patrick Batemans struggle in the film called American Psycho. [...] This is why American Psycho sigma male compilations are so popular.
Lol.
Comments on the video:
the irony of American Psycho's hypermasculinity and themes of the dichotomy between the shadow/persona or the id/ego, is that it was written by two women, Guinevere Turner and Mary Harron, the latter also directing as well as lobbying hard to get the film made and get Christian Bale in as Patrick. Its a brilliant film, honestly.
@Rihand Parde They likely did that to humiliate men.
Instead, men got inspired.
@Rihand Parde I don't think you "get" American Psycho
The author has said that while he doesn't think it ever should've been made into a movie, he has commended Harron and Turner for emphasizing the satire. i think this channel and its viewers have made clear how people, men specifically, still aren't taking away the "right" messages
Article quote:
Hilarious how everyone has different opinions on what it means and they can't let it be, because it makes people uncomfortable on some level.Directed by Mary Harron with lesbian icon Guinevere Turner, American Psycho is about homosexuality not as a predatory menace but as a constant background to and contrast against the hyper-masculinity and gay panic of possible serial killer, definite asshole Patrick Bateman.
Patrick?s obsession with perfect skin, workout routines and the fashion of well-tailored suits and eggshell-accented business cards ? easily applicable to the stereotypical gay ?diva? ? have lead some to speculate that his brutal, misogynistic fantasies are manifestations of his own repressed desires.
When producers heard she wanted to make a movie about Valerie Solanas, the radical feminist who shot Warhol, they were disturbed.I'll be honest. Sometimes I wish 'edgy' women would stop feeling the need to do this. I mean maybe it's important to them and not just rationalisation or defence based on guilt. You shouldn't have to justify exploring things you find interesting because they go against norms. You also don't have to appeal to people who don't like it anymore then the creators of the new Barbie film should listen to the people who are having a breakdown over Ryan Gosling being a blond himbo Ken (I saw this hilarious tweet from one guy saying that his character was the reason the West was going to collapse. I always thought Ken was boring but he's made him more interesting and a good Halloween costume idea.) Just channel your inner Louise Belcher. Why are there no clips on YT from the recent spider episode."I very much think it's a feminist film. It's a satire about how men compete with each other and how in this hyper-real universe we created, women are even less important than your tan or your suit or where you summer and to me, [...] It?s funny to me because so many women have not seen the film because they assume it?s a horrible slasher movie and that always hurts my feelings.
"It's just, your fun sometimes involves things that terrify me?"
"What's your point? Look, if I'm too cool and exciting for people, then forget 'em. They can just be boring and do their boring stuff."
"Oh. Hey there, spider. You're... in my room. On my loft bed. But you know what? You're kind of unconventionally cute. You would tell me if you were super venomous, right? Yeah, you look like you would."
"Louise, sweetie, we're gonna have to get the spider out of there somehow. It might be nice or it might not be nice, but we got to do it. I'm sorry, baby."
"It's not fair. Everyone thinks Phoebe is this scary spider. And, yeah, maybe she's a little dangerous, but not much. She's just trying to live her life. But that doesn't make her weird or bad. Does it? I mean, does it?"
"Are we still talking about Phoebe?"
"You know all that so-called dangerous stuff? That's a part of who you are. But don't let anyone make you feel like it's all you are. You're also thoughtful and kind and imaginative. Part of the big, crazy mix that makes Louise Louise."
I can't believe people idolize this man. It's a good movie because of what it depicts, not because Patrick should be relatable
I think if you tell people certain feelings are off limits and simple then they won't approach it from a complicated Human viewpoint where parts of them relate to parts of the character, but instead treat it as simple themselves and just do the opposite of what you tell them not to do and get defensive over their identification. I don't just think, I know this is how it works that's why I shitpost about Satan all the time lol. I wrote this part of this post before the Louise Belcher part, but yeah her character is often exploring that.
?But ultimately, I think I was too afraid to talk about how much American Psycho was about me.?He's not wrong. I don't read. Millennials are just 'video essays' lol and fanfiction. (Yeah generalisation. Also the formatting got messed up when I pasted it so there's loads of question marks now instead of apostrophes.)You mentioned your millennial boyfriend. Do millennials actually read books?
No, not really. Well, maybe they read books, but I don?t know that they write books. I?ve been waiting for the great millennial novel, and it hasn?t happened. Which kind of suggests something to me. I mean, they?ve been around for over a decade, and they?ve already all hit their 30s. I have a feeling it?s because they don?t read ? my boyfriend will only read very occasionally, maybe one or two books a year, but I feel that it isn?t really a thing for him, unlike it is for me
I know these kind of arguments always existed but I really only ever became exposed to them because of the internet. I first watched American Psycho when I was at uni with some people I was hanging out with at the time, and the only comments people had were 'this is such a great movie' and 'I love the infamous Jared Leto scene because I don't like Jared Leto.' and that second comment was from a woman. The Jared Leto hate was a bit much (and this was long before Suicide Squad.) 50 seconds to Mars are a 5.5/6 out of 10 band. Adequate. It's no Hip to Be Squared but she liked Avenged Sevenfold. Another adequate band. But the point is 'that's valid.' Also it's 30 seconds not 50, but I'm keeping that. We get further away the more Elon Musk tweets.
(that's not one of the videos I'm talking about because most of them have blood in lol. It's just an unofficial music video)
The CEO (OFFENSIVE) by Brandon Rogers on YouTube is kind of like if American Psycho was written by an unhinged Tina Fey. But you know, it was written by Brandon Rogers. "Donovan meet me on my island at 5 o'clock. Pack my battle axe and my poetry and be prepared to abandon your religion."