![]() ![]() At the beginning of 2020, a YouTuber named Will Tennyson underwent the same routine as Bale to achieve it. An example of this would be the gym junkies who are obsessed with achieving Bateman’s muscular and sinewy body, a difficult challenge that forced Bale himself to undergo an incredibly strict diet and a severe workout routine. ![]() ![]() At times, Bateman has also been a role model, devoid of any irony. However, his image has not always been seen as a parody of ultra-capitalism. More than a character, he is practically a symbol. Never mind his murderous side: he is a yuppie, an opportunist, a misogynist, a drug addict and a consumerist – a reflection of so many things that are wrong in the world. Ever since American Psycho appeared, first as a controversial novel published by Bret Easton Ellis in 1991 and later as a 2000 film directed by Mary Harron and starring Christian Bale, it seems like the character of Patrick Bateman has always been had a presence in the Western cultural imagination. ![]()
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