The message is very clear (in your face). The fact that everybody keeps mistaking the VPs for one another because they’re indistinguishable is another point. But what is funny about it?
for bergson, comedy comes from the overlap of the material and the human. bateman is a robotic character, embodying this duality in himself, and exists in a highly satirical environment.
Again, the message can be clear, sure, but if you’re a committed anti-capitalist then it transcends the simple message and it becomes like an inside joke.
It’s like cathartic release and you enjoy seeing the enemy depicted in all its petty, murderous AmeriKKKan evil.
The message is very clear (in your face). The fact that everybody keeps mistaking the VPs for one another because they’re indistinguishable is another point. But what is funny about it?
for bergson, comedy comes from the overlap of the material and the human. bateman is a robotic character, embodying this duality in himself, and exists in a highly satirical environment.
Again, the message can be clear, sure, but if you’re a committed anti-capitalist then it transcends the simple message and it becomes like an inside joke.
It’s like cathartic release and you enjoy seeing the enemy depicted in all its petty, murderous AmeriKKKan evil.