24 Years Later, I Finally Understand American Psycho 

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That moral hygiene point is universal among finance bros , they will ruin 1000 families and then lecture a guy on a street for saying a slur .

I would like to watch this, but I can't. I have to return some videotapes!

Why did we all listen to Jared for all those years at Wisecrack when he didn't understand any film he's seen until recently smh?

i was today years old when i learned 'yuppie' meant something other than pretentious ostentatious vacuous a-hole.

The advertising in the video really takes the message to another level lol

Jared's takes on film and books are just a treat

Let’s see if Paul Allen finally understands American Psycho 24 years later.

His routine reminds me of some of these ASMR overconsumption influencers with 20 types of each skin care product perfectly organized in drawers. Or the people who move food from one container to another so their fridge can be aesthetic. This has aged like fine wine.

19:24 And when the rich tourist class seeks the most real, gritty, authentic back area, they're shocked when it's not civilized and horrified when there's real danger. e.g. Everest mountain climbing should never offer any real danger. Those are fake corpses, right? The darkest pits of the backstreets at night should be charming and exhilarating, never dangerous or deadly. Nothing bad can happen in this experimental submarine that visits the Titanic, it's an experience of a lifetime!

Patrick didn’t kill Paul Allen, he killed a VP who was mistaken for Paul Allen but never corrected anyone.

Crazy just opened RU-vid and was given a gift

He was reciting the music reviews verbatim

Another amazing analysis. Huge fan of American Psycho and I think it keeps aging like fine wine. While it could often be considered bizarre, funny and over the top back when it came out, it grows more and more real and frightening as time goes by.

I just watched this movie this past weekend, and I’m throughly confused why the “Alpha” or “Sigma” men’s movement insist on using Patrick Bateman as their idol. Patrick Bateman is one of the most insecure characters I’ve seen. He literally tells his fiancé, “I want to fit in!!!” when she correctly points out that he hates his job and the people he works with. The fact that Bateman losses his sh!t when another coworker’s card is better than his just adds to the insecurity that festers inside Patrick Bateman.

Just found this channel less than a week ago and I’m becoming a big fan.

The yuppie montage has a digitally placed photo of Ronald Reagan inserted - it is not in the original footage. In addition, although It may be easy to conflate Reagan's limited government philosophy with emerging neocon psychopathy - they were quite distinct from one another.

Ηey, peanut butter soup with smoked duck sounds awesome! And what's wrong with salmon, raspberry and guacamole? The point is not that the food is garbage, but that it's needlessly curated and consumed by people who do not appreciate its finesse. Other than that, spot on!

"Cuz the underground man don't think like the rest of society. Erry body else is just fumble-fucking their way through life and never asking the big questions. But for our boy, dat shit's the Dank. And if that's the way you wanna roll, you gotta open your eyes so wide to the world around you that it hurts. If you can do that, you're playing a whole other game, B. Dat pain when you're beefin' with reality and git yo shit wrecked creates consciousness." -THUG NOTES

The biggest difference between the weirdos of yesterday and the weirdos of today is that they used to leave the rest of us alone.

This movie is so misunderstood by its own audience it makes me question religions with canon scriptures

Bateman lacks the redemption that Raskolnikov experienced; perhaps the realization of his own inhumanity drives him to madness. He seems to hope that his crimes will make him stand out amid the nihilism of his Yuppie colleagues, yet he blends seamlessly into their corporate inhumanity. Bateman is somewhat aware of the absurdity of his situation, a clarity that emerges during his moments of mental breakdown. As he struggles to maintain the social mask he has worn for so long, the resulting tension ultimately drives him to madness.

Dostoyevsky's frequently hilarious, yeah. He's brilliant at portraying people being nuts and takes a lot of (acknowledged) inspiration from the also very funny Gogol.

Having both read the book and seen the film, which was a rather precise adaptation of the book, with Bale a brilliant casting choice, I came to the conclusion that Bateman simply hallucinated his crimes.

I just realized how much i’ve missed cinema podcasts from jared😢

I understood from the beginning. Bro is literally me

I always think of US being such a privileged society that just run into driving the world at it's feet. It's like children who don' even realize that they are the peak rich people of the poverty class that run on the suffering of the dominated countries but live into such a poverty that question even poverty patterns into itself and don't see the REAL poverty and desperation of the general population of the world.

The food scene reminded me of the weird deconstruction that was Nouvelle cuisine. Raspberry coulis, reimagining and deconstructed a Philly roll. Thought he was poking on the ‘refinined to base ingredients’ that contemporary chefs were playing with. I’m surprise didn’t see a veloute chicken aspic.

The ad part was a good homage for the opening scene of American Psycho.

There should be a spiritual sequel starring an influencer who embodies the same kind of degeneracy as Bateman

Yoo!! What Went Wrong podcast! I love them!! So glad to see some recognition for their work.

"when everything is commodified reality itself can decay." its like when art is commodified.. it loses it's inherent value and becomes a corrupt version of itself

Is Jared speaking in past tense? As if the neoliberal era has passed? English not being my first language I am confused by this. Have we stopped living in a materialistic, neoliberal world? Are yuppies a thing of the past? Seems like this movie could be released this year. Just need to update the music references, that’s it. Oh and the name of Trump’s wife. 😂😂😂😂

Great work on this one!

OH SNAP also a track off Information Society's iconic, cheeseball cyberpunk album, Think, is played in the club scene. Of course another track from that album, Mirrorshades (a personal favorite), starts with a half-spoken "Here are a few notes from the underground, load them at your pleasure." I was halfway through the first sentence when i realized what i was doing. Of course i can't resist spreading my unironic (if not un-alloyed) love of cheeseball cyberpunk and cyberpunk as a style or aesthetic, but i also can't skip a chance to bring it up as the foundation for a real philosophy, a new Cynicism. We were done a better deal by Gibson than they had been by Antisthenes. I'm not being referential enough to products and trivialities for this to actually be a joke, or to be an effective one. They looked over their shoulder for an 'exit' sign.

I just finally watched this movie after hearing about it for so many years and it just hit me that he doesn't care about the art he just looks at himself in the picture and not the actual artwork 6:10

This has been a great series!

unreal analysis would love to hear more of your thoughts on the hyperreal in media

Outstanding, as always! This movie reminds me of Eliot's The Waste Land.

I thought the real estate agent at the end was his handler. I’m thinking that his father knew how his son Patrick was. Patrick was his sole heir. I think the old man figured his son only deletes insignificant people and lowlifes. He assigned certain individuals to keep Patrick from totally crashing out thus bringing down the Bateman empire with him. Just my opinion.

Every album he ranted about was trash, typical 80's style over substance garbage. Bateman lectures about the deep themes presented in the lyrics and praises the artistry and innovation of the music, anyone who lived through the 80's would instantly understand the joke.

Can you do a video analyzing the Chomsky-Foucault debate, and give your thoughts on their positions?

My key takeaway from the novel: Evian. Evian water takes away any impurities from last night’s excess. Evian. Evian water.

"Hi, I'm Jared. Let me share my interpretation of this novel and its assassination of vapid consumerist eighties culture...right after this important message from your friends at Ray-con earbuds!"

thank you, very interesting!

Still not sure I understand the movie but this was entertaining and gave me a lot to think about.

The underlying force of reality

I had no idea the book opens with a quote from Dostoevsky, that's an excellent detail!

Jared, how many times? 'Tenets.' It's only got one N. Not the same as 'tennants'. Christopher Nolan movie? Ring any bells?

This is my favorite movie of all time

I think another interesting exploration into this film is its distinctly pre-9/11 view of American society. We were so insulated by our privilege that the idea of actual substantial retribution at the hands of those we had used and disposed of for decades that the very notion of accountability had all but vanished from the minds of most urban professionals. (Also, thanks for teaching me something I never would have thought to look up: the acronym at the root of yuppy!)

Interesting stuff!

Here’s my read. We spend our lives told that what is inside is what really matters. Inside Bateman is a psychopath but on the outside he isn’t. He doesn’t kill anyone. He supports charity. So really, is the surface more important? If that isn’t a comment on the 80s, what is?

Your pitch for earbuds is a bit similar to Bateman, be careful.

Nice that Bateman got his act together and only tortures California now as the governor

People keep saying "tenant" when they mean "tenet". Unless talking about an occupier or renter rather than a dogm or foundational principle. Aside from that minor detail, these are interesting points and an insightful video. I think it might be hard to identify the core of American Psycho since society has actually internalized many of the moral values that are satirized in the novel.

We all wanna hear your thoughts on joker 2 jared

WAAAAY to many advertisements

I see you found your comb! 😆

Let's hear Phil Edwards take on American psycho.

curious if you watched The Curse?

He is a Alien pretending to be a human!

Read the book and you can realize it's a satire about capitalism in the 90's

hah, the footage for notes from underground is from a hungarian channel

Just a complete misrepresentation of materialistic determinism. Also, “It can’t be the because I dislike the implications” is not an argument

oh africa, brave africa- it was a laugh riot

Damm they still make raycons?

Me too Jared bauer……. Me too…..

So smart

You can not understand it, that’s the whole point

I haven’t seen this it looks good I’m bouncing

he's been compared to elvis costello

Clicked instantly.

If you read the book and then see the film it shouldnt take literally years to realise it's just in his imagination. It's just a hollow guy traversing his own mind.

I like your analysis. I wouldn't say American Psycho is solely focused as a critique of Neoliberal Reaganism, or mass consumerism, though and you don't by linking it to Dostoevski. It is a statement on existentialism. On ennui. It is bigger than ideology. Patrick clearly doesn't have an ideology. It is a classic because it is about man's search for meaning, value, redemption, truth and ultimately God. The most interesting parts in the novel which the movie does tap into IS the inner dialogues Patrick has with himself - because he isn't all surface. This is most salient in the final soliloquy. Your critique of the Third Reich and propaganda was simplistic. The Allies also engaged in propaganda. Check out Raycon!!

I find it hard to take someone's criticism of an idealism very seriously when it so blatantly strawmans it. Almost no physicalist who doesn't believe in free will would say you shouldn't do anything when someone hurts you. This is the first snap judgement of someone who hasn't really considered the argument past its initial felt implications. And while it's natural to criticize materialism in the sense that American Psycho does, since it sidesteps human connection and sincere emotion to concentrate on physical objects; philosophical materialism, or naturalism, is just the claim that everything exists materially. While a religious or supernatural minded person might feel robbed by this implication, this reality would still contain all of our human emotions in all their complexity and meaningfulness.

His monologues about music are memorised from album sleeve reviews, they’re asinine blurbs, pseudo intellectual dribbling to promote the music and make the shallow reader feel more intelligent Pretty sure that’s the case

The Raycons almost made me thumbs down the video smh. Worst buds ever

Historians will not be kind to Reagan, nor should they.

This Russian dude discovers Christian theological values lmao

No part of the movie is in his head I beg you guys to stop thinking this

What so great about this is that it depicts the number one misconception about narcissism so accurately.... that he "simply is not there" Most people think narcissism is having a huge ego and being self obsessed. While it does appear this way on the outside, what's really going on internally is a lack of a true self entirely. These people essentially got stuck in their psychological development somewhere around the age of 3, maybe a little higher, and never build a healthy sense of who they are. This leaves them constantly trying to fill the void with external feedback, otherwise known as narcissistic supply. When this coincides with psychopathy, you get something like a Patrick Bateman. Truly terrifying! Sadly, we actually promote these people in this society, both in business and government. The rate of mental illness in positions of power is almost an order of magnitude higher than in the general population. We need to form something like a Turing test for these conditions and have some way to keep them out of power... Potentially, we could use language model AI because language is the best window into their minds. This will be tricky, as there will obviously be resistance from those who already wield such power, but we must find a way! They're already causing so much damage to society, people, the planet, and just life in general.

Nonstop consumption lead us to nothing. Money cant by real happiness

Thesis again

Thats just not true lol he cant sweat on cue. Think about how dumb that is.

Interesting take but way to many ad's.

Can you do an analysis on why this movie seems to be a draw for young people today?

I tried watching this then realized your criticism is ridiculous considering you're a stock Canadian leftist who'd never call out people like Justin Trudeau.

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Oh the titles are just always gonna say that, none of your videos are actually about what the title says, got it. That sucks.

i saw the movie over a decade ago... my satirical sensibilities were not as developed as they are now - none of the humor really stuck out to me. with such a movie title, i expected some kind of gritty thriller. but shown here in clips, the absurdity of the themes, thoughts, and actions are quite apparent

Not sure why, but I really dislike the titles of these videos...

Wish I was having these kinds of insights Everytime I saw a movie

Some movies have scenes that are just too violent and I shut them off. This is one.

You definitely missed the point. Try again. Ok, first.. put away your pointy hat. Now…, try again

Actually you could just as easily see it as a critique of Woke luxury beliefs.