Status Updates From American Psycho

Aight then

I get that Bateman is a sociopath, but Christ, he's so performative! "I wear this brand, I eat at this restaurant, look how exclusive I am!" I understand that his entire personality is essentially a facsimile of what he thinks a successful, desirable human being should be, and that it's a satire of yuppie culture. But does he have to be so insufferable? Can't we have a likable sociopathic yuppie serial killer?