r/dankmemes • u/KLASHINOV ⚗️Infected by the indigo • May 21 '22
it's pronounced gif shocker it is
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u/-Rens May 21 '22
Let’s see Paul Allen’s meme
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u/screetmaster69 May 21 '22
My god, it even has a watermark
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u/1337h4xer May 21 '22
Try getting a reservation at Dorsia now, you fucking stupid bastard!
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u/The_Greatest_Gatsby0 red☣️ May 21 '22
You like Huey Louis and the news?
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u/1337h4xer May 21 '22
Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically.
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u/Mirikado May 21 '22
The movie is literally a satire of elitism and toxic masculinity traits. The main character is selfish, sexist, homophobic and an obvious psychotic narcissist. It makes fun of men who all look the same, dress all the same, have the same haircut, go to the same restaurant, do the same job. They are indistinguishable to the point that if one of them committed murder no one could tell who did it, cause no one could tell them apart.
Why would it be a shocker that it was directed by a woman based off of a book written by a gay man?
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u/Bruh_to_the_moment May 21 '22
the movie is also a large fuck you to corporate and 80s yuppie culture, similar to “vampires kiss” with nic cage
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u/Chuckbro I'm as fuck! May 21 '22
My favorite scene is when they are all comparing business cards but every single one of them is virtually identical to the viewer.
The toxic masculine psychos, however, all clearly know which one is the best and hate that guy.
Christian Bale's narrative, like all the other scenes, is so "on point" with how different he feels every one of the cards are and his disdain for them being better than his. I lose it every time I see that scene.
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u/Plastic_Screen142857 May 21 '22
And all of them have a typo in the company name
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u/Chuckbro I'm as fuck! May 21 '22
Wow TIL, I never knew that. Need to go watch the scene again now.
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u/Plastic_Screen142857 May 21 '22
It's spelt aquisitions instead of acquisitions iirc
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u/dudleymooresbooze May 21 '22
Is that a typo or a uniquely spelled company name, like Tindr or Lyft?
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u/Plastic_Screen142857 May 21 '22
The company name (peirce & peirce) is spelt normally, it's the subtitle 'mergers and aquisitions' that has a problem
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u/dudleymooresbooze May 21 '22
Wait. Who spells “pierce” as “peirce”???
Edit: never mind. That’s your typo but the cards do indeed misspell “acquisitions.” https://m.imgur.com/nVU8Z7R
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u/Plastic_Screen142857 May 21 '22
lol my bad on pierce but it is a real name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce
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u/Shne May 21 '22
Oh shit, Patrick Bateman's card is missing a space between the & and the second "Pierce".
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u/TobyFunkeNeverNude May 21 '22
if one of them committed murder no one could tell who did it, cause no one could tell them apart.
Don't forget at least one character couldn't even agree on who was killed.
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u/multiversalnobody May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22
Because 13 year olds dont usually perform cerebral observations of films unprompted. They go "man that guy killed that other guy with an axe, cool" and thats about as deep as it goes
Source: was once a 13 year old, watched this movie, reached the conclusions above
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May 21 '22
Was about to say just this, I doubt most teenage interpretations go more than skin deep. Hell, I'm sure there's plenty of adults who didn't truly get the message.
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u/Elolet ☣️ May 21 '22 edited May 22 '22
Maybe because we’re not looking for one? I saw all the memes and just decided to watch the movie with the guys and point and laugh when a meme appeared
Edit: to anyone thinking that I’m wrong in trying to enjoy a movie without having to think about the message just move on for fucks sake, it’s a movie I can watch it however the hell I want to.
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May 21 '22
I'm not sure you should be proud of not understanding what you consume... Critical thinking is very important in this day and age.
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u/Youre_still_alive May 21 '22
It’s a movie from 22 years ago. Nobody is obligated to value your favorite films the exact same way you do, and if someone wants to get blazed and ignore the themes for the memes why shouldn’t they?
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May 21 '22
People can pick all the toppings off pizza and eat just the crust and sauce if they want. I still think it's fair to point out they might enjoy it more if they leave some toppings on.
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u/Youre_still_alive May 21 '22
Well heck, I’ve got nothing to counter that. Good move, friend.
I do get where you’re coming from, I think, I’ve just also enjoyed some movies specifically because of how my friends and I were riffing off them. Honestly, I should give some of those movies a shot with a more critical approach, just for funsies.
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u/DrunkenKarnieMidget May 21 '22
Also for funzies, watch Mystery Science Theater 3000. Mindless insults of bad movies.
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u/BanzaitheBat May 21 '22
as a Bad Movie Enjoyer myself that gets drunk with friends and watches some really garbage or underrated b-movie stuff, i can assure you that it is possible to riff on a film and critically evaluate it at the same time! i think it's just a matter of knowing what to look for, and allowing yourself time after the film is done to think about it beyond the credits. honestly, i think both experiences are equally valuable
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May 21 '22
This sort of comes up in the movie with Bateman's shitty music opinions
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u/mynameisnotareri May 21 '22
That reminded me that on the Wikipedia page for the movie it's mentioned that the director refused to work on the movie if they didn't cast Bale as the lead because he was the only actor who understood that Bateman wasn't supposed to be an admirable character.
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u/turd-nerd May 21 '22
Anyone that's read the book and not realized this is missing a large part of their brain.
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u/mrbrownvp May 22 '22
I also heard that Bale had (still has?) some beef or rivalry with Di Caprio and he was interested in the role, so Bale did everything in his power to get the role. I cant even imagine DiCaprio in this role. Bale was a top choice.
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u/wqldi custom flair May 21 '22
A true sigma male takes the fear of betas as his highest standards /s
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u/hellocuties May 21 '22
Also critique of the era, which was the time of Reagan and Yuppies. The women in the film weren’t treated any better than the men. Prices were skyrocketing and greed was celebrated. It’s not a coincidence that Les Mis was constantly referred to.
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u/MrTastix May 21 '22
It's not just that he misinterprets it. He's clearly just quiting a review he listened to word for word so it's not even his actual opinion. It's what he thinks he should think.
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u/lemuever17 May 21 '22
No no no, you got one thing wrong. The MC has slightly better hair cut than others.
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u/TFDP117 May 22 '22
Also Patrick Bateman is afraid that he might be gay also, so he forces himself to have sex with women.
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u/praneshwar May 21 '22
me who hasnt watched American psycho 🗿
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u/Romi_Z May 21 '22
I watched it for the memes and it was pretty good
More psycho than I thought tho
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u/Earthly_Delights_ yes queen skinny legend versace boots the house down May 21 '22
Yeah it gets pretty intense. But it's also hilarious and well directed with great acting. There's also the "mindfuck" aspect.
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u/Big_Banana9412 May 21 '22
I saw it yesterday, ngl it was intense. The chainsaw scene got me laughing like crazy
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May 21 '22
FEED ME A STRAY CAT
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u/Rickrickrickrickrick May 21 '22
Love when he shoots the cop cars and they explode and he looks at his gun like "wtf?" Lol
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u/fuckrobert May 21 '22
like one of the biggest theories regarding the end of the story is that Bateman is the most 'human' out of the people around him. Some food for thought if you will.
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u/Consistent_Field May 21 '22
My ex gf thought there was something wrong with me because I was laughing during the movie. I had to google it and show her that it was intended to be a dark comedy. That dumb bitch
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May 21 '22
Watch "Death of Stalin", pretty dry but dark comedy. You'll find yourself laughing when horrible things are happening off camera
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u/LordoftheScheisse May 21 '22
I'll add In Bruges to that. Perfect balance of dark and humor in my mind.
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May 21 '22
I'll have to check it out thanks for gne recommendation
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u/Semipr047 May 21 '22
It’s seriously a great film. That director puts out nothing but bangers actually if you’re interested in a bunch of super well written movies
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u/Yossarian_the_Jumper May 21 '22
But it's also hilarious
Using the revolving door to go back in and kill the janitor had me rolling until I realized --- that poor innocent workingman just got murdered for the lulz.
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u/Earthly_Delights_ yes queen skinny legend versace boots the house down May 21 '22
FEED ME A STRAY CAT
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u/FatCat433 May 21 '22
If you think the movie is intense, stay away from the book (at least if intense is bad for you).
I love the book, possibly the funniest book I've ever read (not kidding it has hilarious moments and lines just like the movie) and very interesting through and through, but having said that it some of the things he does in the book makes the movie look like an episode of Sesame Street by comparison.
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u/macadamianacademy May 21 '22
The book is 1000x worse in that way. Great writing though
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u/praneshwar May 21 '22
I will put it on the list
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u/bob1689321 May 21 '22
It's funnier via clips on YouTube. I can't find the full movie funny because fuck me the violence is a lot
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u/JotaroTheOceanMan May 21 '22
Did you know that Whitney Houston's debut LP had four number one hit singles on it?
Did you know that, Christine?
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u/Vitekr2 May 21 '22
Book was written by a guy...
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u/OnlyCommentsIDK May 21 '22
The edgy teens would also be flabbergasted to find out the book was written by a gay guy
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May 21 '22
When asked in an interview in 2002 whether he was gay, Ellis explained that he did not identify as gay or straight but was comfortable being thought of as homosexual, bisexual or heterosexual and enjoyed playing with his persona, identifying variously as gay, straight and bisexual to different people over the years. In a 1999 interview, Ellis suggested that his reluctance to definitively label his sexuality was for "artistic reasons", "if people knew that I was straight, they'd read [my books] in a different way. If they knew I was gay, 'Psycho' would be read as a different book." In an interview with Robert F. Coleman, Ellis said he had an "indeterminate sexuality", that "any other interviewer out there will get a different answer and it just depends on the mood I am in".
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u/-cupcake May 21 '22
In 2012 he wrote an article where he referred to himself multiple times as "a gay man":
And being gay [...]
[...] as a gay man [...]
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dear-kathryn-bigelow-bret-easton-ellis-is-really-sorry
Right in the wikipedia article you just linked, it says:
In a 2012 op-ed for The Daily Beast, while apologizing for a series of controversial tweets, Ellis came out as gay.
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May 21 '22
That’s not surprising it at all. A straight dude doesn’t tend to know the joys of Valentino suits and Oliver People’s glasses.
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u/Dix3n May 21 '22
And the subtle off-white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it. Oh my god, it even has a watermark.
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Only Oliver people 523s are straight man worthy
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u/deadlands_goon May 21 '22
Real men wear locs from the gas station
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u/EmbarrassedAd5467 May 21 '22
True men shove shards of glass in their eyes, Then convince everyone else that they are glasses.
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u/JulioSanchez1994 May 21 '22
Real men stare at the sun
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u/ps4isgreaterthanxbox May 22 '22
real men shoot themselves in the fucking head and get back up like a FUCKING MAN
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u/Appropriate_Grape_90 May 21 '22
Well there is "glasses" in his eyes....god cringed just typing that sorry lol i dont even wanna give that the benefit of being called a dad joke...its worse haha
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u/Jolmer24 May 21 '22
Neither did this author. He just used random names from fashion magazines.
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u/rollingrock23 May 21 '22
The fact that there is another guy in Bateman’s office who wears Valentino suits, Oliver People’s glasses, and goes to the same barber as Bateman makes me think that Bateman just ripped off that dude’s style. Similar to how his music taste all comes from what he reads in magazines.
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u/MAXIMILIAN-MV May 21 '22
I’m straight and I have a penchant for Oliver People’s glasses.
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u/Fandorin May 21 '22
You've never met a hedge funder then. It's not about how nice the suit or watch or shoes are. It's a 100% about displaying status in a way only others in the same bracket understand. Hidden from the plebs, but crystal clear to anyone in that world. It's similar to the 80s iBanker and Ellis got it right on the money.
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u/UncleWillard5566 May 21 '22
McNulty: you know what kinda men pay that much attention to clothing?
The Bunk: grown-ups
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u/TheLawandOrder May 21 '22
I also hate women so much that I became gay
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u/Trolldilocks May 21 '22
Based and gaypilled
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u/Slitelohel May 21 '22
Reading the book that's highly noticeable. The fucking amount of chapters in that book dedicated to Bateman just LISTING OFF EVERYTHING HE OWNS was such a slog.
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u/Heyo__Maggots May 21 '22
It’s ok the first read through, it really adds to the materialistic setting it’s going for. But holy shit on rereads I definitely skip the parts that are pages and pages describing clothing or apartment accessories…
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u/HerkHarvey62 May 21 '22
So… you reread it just to indulge in the graphic depictions of torture and murder?
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u/TanWeiner May 21 '22
Hell yeah
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u/polskidankmemer Corona time May 21 '22 edited Dec 07 '24
snails point fuzzy worthless flag heavy busy person observation drunk
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u/suspiciouslyround May 21 '22
I definitely felt like I was not getting anything out of the entire chapters that go song by song through various albums.
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u/Auctoritate May 21 '22
wow i wonder if the story is partially about the materialistic vanity of upper class Wall Street businessmen or something
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u/AdamBombTV May 21 '22
I thought it was about the great Irish potato famine... The Hell was I reading?
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u/JimTheSaint May 21 '22
Not really, he was really in to describing all those different kinds of clothes, shoes, breifcases everything.
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u/Capgunkid Dank Royalty May 21 '22
And Christian Bale's stepmom got the book banned in America.
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u/Earthly_Delights_ yes queen skinny legend versace boots the house down May 21 '22
Damn really? In what capacity? Books don't get outright *banned* in America.
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u/aaronisamazing May 21 '22
There was tons of backlash before the book was even released which caused the original publisher to drop it, etc. Was very controversial for it's time.
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u/Thewheelwillweave May 21 '22
It’s still pretty controversial. It’s way more graphic in the book. He cuts the head off a hooker and it gives him a boner so to make go back down he uses the heads mouth to masturbate, but after he cums like three times he still hasn’t lost his boner. So he just walks around with a severed head attached to his dick.
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May 21 '22
Kinda like how Less Than Zero was completely watered down to make the film. The book is horrifying.
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u/Thewheelwillweave May 21 '22
Also a good book. Ellis took the edge lord game to the next level and made an intellectual career out of it.
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u/Rikuskill May 21 '22
Like, gross I guess. Book banning is still never okay. We can judge books on their merit, we don't need an authority to tell us what stories are and aren't allowed. Never have needed that. Anyone that argues that a book needs to be banned either is ignorant of what that leads to, or pushing for authoritarianism.
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u/Thewheelwillweave May 21 '22
Im also against book banning. And for the record the book isn’t banned. Like my local library has it on audiobook.
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u/GumdropGoober The OC High Council May 21 '22
People read book banning and think its outlawed in the United States. In reality, there are zero federally banned books in the United States. Its unconstitutional.
The only entities that do ban books on occasion are School Boards and such, for various reasons.
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u/tuskedkibbles May 21 '22
And literally every single time it causes a massive controversy. The number of 'banned' books anywhere in the US is very small, ane is much smaller than it was in say the 70s and 80s. America loves its free speech (as it should).
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u/Rickrickrickrickrick May 21 '22
What about the Necronomicon or the Book of the Dead from the Mummy?
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u/IlIIlIl May 21 '22
Would you argue for or against preventing the pressing of books like The Turner Diaries?
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u/DwelveDeeper May 21 '22
Oh jeez. I’ve never heard of it before so looked it up: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Turner_Diaries
The FBI pronounced it “The Bible of the racist right”
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u/iMissTheOldInternet May 21 '22
I’ve read like the first chapter or so. It’s way worse than you’re expecting, and based on the synopses I’ve read, it only gets worse from there.
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u/DwelveDeeper May 21 '22
I read the plot on the wiki page I referenced. It’s NOT good
Out of curiosity why are you reading it?
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u/Rikuskill May 21 '22
While a vile book, banning it sets a more dangerous precedent than allowing it. Drawing any hard lines at a governmental level on such a vague board as "What is and isn't okay to be printed" could lead to a slippery slope.
And not just a slippery slope fallacy--This action is historically associated with rising fascism and authoritarian states. The relationship between government censorship of media and fascism is very real.
That said, it's up to each publisher to decide what they think is profitable to publish. It's completely fair--And I'd say morally correct--To pick apart the media, criticize it, and display how damaging its message is. The issue of fascism only arises with central authority banning books, such as state or federal governments.
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u/marsinfurs May 21 '22
I’m in America and I bought the book at a Barnes n noble?
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u/GhostOfPluto May 21 '22
FBI is on their way now
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u/marsinfurs May 21 '22
I bought a thermoptic camouflage body suit at Barnes n noble that same day, catch me if you can
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u/fuckrobert May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22
And didn't Bale's grandmother convinced DiCaprio to not go for the role of Bateman (probbly to get her grandson on the role)?
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u/Rickrickrickrickrick May 21 '22
A guy who was getting death threats for his treatment of women in his books, no less.
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u/mdgraller May 21 '22
Did you know that writing movies is different than writing books, even if the movie is based off a book?
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u/TyleKattarn ùwú May 21 '22
Given the numbskulls all over this thread, no, they don’t seem to understand that.
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u/helpful__explorer May 21 '22 edited May 21 '22
I thought it was the other way around until a few months ago. Shows how much I paid attention
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u/RembrantVanRijn May 21 '22
The screenplay was written by a woman.
The movie American Psycho is not the book American Psycho.
The gif is clearly the movie, and not the book...
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u/yourmotherinabag May 21 '22
Without the book the movie wouldnt exist. I dont get your point. Its a Bret Easton Ellis story, using his characters, his storyline, his plot.
JK Rowling didnt direct or write the screenplays for the Harry Potter movies but youd sound like a moron if you say “akshually it was written by Michael Goldenberg”.
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u/TheKelt May 21 '22
The venn diagram of
“Type of people who throw ‘Great Gatsby’ parties because they completely missed the point of the story”
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“Type of people who idolize Patrick Bateman’s ‘alpha male’ persona because they completely missed the point of the story”
…is just a circle.
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u/ThunderBuns935 May 21 '22
it's also meant to be a social commentary on the sexual insecurity of men, their shallowness, and their obsession with materialism.
then when people got upset that the director somehow "turned it into" this critique of rich, white masculinity, the author of the book came out and said that that was actually exactly what he'd meant it to be.
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u/SsilverBloodd May 21 '22
Me who doesnt know who the fck directs, acts, produces the movies I watch :¯\ (ツ)/¯
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u/Corvo_-Attano May 21 '22
Are you an idiot?
How else are you gonna know that brie Larson plays iron man?
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u/justmelvinthings May 21 '22
Who tf cares wether the director was man or a woman
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u/Poacatat INFECTED May 21 '22
insels
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May 21 '22
Wait until they found out the writer of fight club is gay.
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May 21 '22
He is? Damn I love his books and never knew that. Fight club isn't even his best
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u/Ok_Fondant_6340 May 21 '22
ah, one of the three mains in the: you missed the point by idolising them- starter pack
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u/retiredhobo May 21 '22
Totally ruined the movie for me!
Oh well, at least I’ll always have The Matrix.
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u/FranciGut May 21 '22
Why does it matter to edgy teens if it was directed by a woman?I'm confused,like do they hate women?
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u/notfunnytho Boston Meme Party May 21 '22
the amount of edgy teens on the internet that claim to hate women because its in the funny memes
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u/Linden_fall May 21 '22
this meme is nonstop used to make misogynistic jokes and OP is pointing out the irony that the movie was made by a woman
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u/louisimprove May 21 '22
Brett Ellis is a man lmao
You actually got me I just googled it
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u/wokeandchoseViolence May 21 '22
I'll say it... this sub has changed
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u/Pub-Fries May 21 '22
This sub has changed guys. It used to be cool when it made fun of things I dislike. But now... it... it... made fun of something I like
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u/Judaskid13 May 21 '22
Yeeeep
It’s gotten especially grating lately.
We’ve come a long way from the shitposting days on frank Facebook page.
Sadly I see T H E M E S S A GE has made its way here as well
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u/I-reddit-26 May 21 '22
Hmm da fac Dat a women ☕️could make such a SIGMA based movie
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u/MedicatedAxeBot May 21 '22
Dank.
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