Literally me - how Rob Pat’s Bats became “one of the boys”
film theory, cinema Lenard Cassimatis film theory, cinema Lenard Cassimatis

Literally me - how Rob Pat’s Bats became “one of the boys”

Travis Bickle murders pimps and mafioso. The Driver - a skillful, career criminal - crushes a man's skull into a literal mush in an elevator whilst his partner watches. In American Psycho, Patrick Bateman tries to feed a cat to an ATM, and that’s probably the least disgusting thing he does all film.

And for some reason, male viewers absolutely love them.

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