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ChairmanUzamaoki OP t1_j66g8vo wrote

Reply to comment by jimmbolina in What is the meaning of the depth Patrick Bateman goes into about music in American Psycho? by ChairmanUzamaoki

Could be, but in my opinion (which i haven't read it in a while) was always that music was the one thing that made him have a genuine feeling beyond trying to be #1 and better than everyone else.

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WizardOfBushwick t1_j68e9i2 wrote

The problem is the music is shallow. Even the one thing he maybe likes is superficial pop music. It just adds to the profound shallowness of his character.

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jimmbolina t1_j66gfnf wrote

This is true.

Maybe you're on to something about the "genuine" of music in a world of materialism.

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ChairmanUzamaoki OP t1_j66gzrp wrote

Very much a possibility. thanks for the response :)

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TheChocolateMelted t1_j67uggz wrote

Of course, there's an album that he buys three times because he wants to have it on every format ... Which brings it back to materialism.

Fro me, the music chapters show how he has to over-analyse everything, deconstruct it and take it apart instead of just enjoying it. Look at the praise he dumps on Huey Lewis and the News ... All those superlatives! Is that a fair, honest, appropriate assessment?

(Aware of the irony of over-analysing the music chapters after what I've just written!)

Edit: They also give us the scene in the filmed version where he monologues about Genesis (?). Pure brilliance!

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ChairmanUzamaoki OP t1_j687sco wrote

aw man, the film is one of the greatest ever made. His performance as Bateman was next level. Thanks tom cruise 🤣

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