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ChairmanUzamaoki OP t1_j66h81r wrote

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

But his obsession with it is above everything else in his life, excluding murder. It may be superficial to us, but other than his murders, it's the only other "mainstream" consumer product that has entire chapters dedicated to him talking about it.

Not saying you're wrong, but always got a sense of something else being there for him when it came to this shit mainstream music

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Mr_Jek t1_j66tax3 wrote

I think it’s a combination of both these things; the only non-violent thing that really stirs any sort of response that’s remotely emotional is pop music that’s catchy, but only exists at surface level; it’s a reflection of him in a way. His charisma and image mirrors the catchiness of commercial pop music, but when you dig under the surface there’s nothing there, just a hollow emptiness. He can only engage emotionally with something that reflects his shallow pool of emotional triggers.

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