American Psycho director: "Wall Street bros" don't get that the story is "a gay man's satire on masculinity"

On social media, many sigma bros continue to celebrate American Psycho‘s serial killer investment banker Patrick Bateman, played by Christian Bale in the film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel. With the movie celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, writer-director Mary Harron spoke with Letterboxd about the story’s cult status and what bro culture seems to be missing about it:

“It was very clear to me and [scriptwriter Guinevere Turner], who is gay, that we saw it as a gay man’s satire on masculinity,” Harron says. — Read the rest

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