American Psycho w. Esmé Weijun Wang
You Are Good
Alex Steed
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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We have to return some videotapes! In which we talk about yuppies, Patrick Bateman as proto-influencer and American Psycho with our friend Esmé Weijun Wang.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello you welcome to you are good feelings podcast about movies to date we are talking about |
| 0:16.3 | American Psycho we're talking about it with our great friend Esme Wang I am one of your |
| 0:21.0 | hosts Alex Steed and I will soon be joined by my marvelous co-host Sarah Marshall |
| 0:27.2 | American Psycho is a 2000 that is the year 2000 satirical psychological horror film directed by |
| 0:35.0 | Mary Heron who co-wrote the screenplay with Gwen of your Turner it is based on the 1991 novel |
| 0:41.7 | by Bred Easton Ellis it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman a New York City investment |
| 0:47.1 | banker who leads a double life as a serial killer or does he that's added editorialization |
| 0:53.9 | to that synopsis that comes to us from our great friends at wikipedia.org |
| 0:58.9 | and Esme Wang is an American writer she is the author of the border paradise and the collected |
| 1:04.7 | schizophrenia's Esme has been on the show before we're so happy she is a repeat guest this is a |
| 1:10.8 | fun one overall even though American Psycho isn't really known for being big fun it's known for |
| 1:16.1 | being a comedy in its way and we really unpack the heck out of this one so I am excited to share |
| 1:24.1 | this episode with you how are you doing out there how's everything going in your world let us know |
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| 1:50.5 | we find us in one of these places find us in all of these places let us know how you're doing what's |
| 1:55.5 | going on in your world how is everything what's the last good book you read how are you feeling etc |
| 2:01.0 | etc and don't forget that in these profoundly troubling times that you my friend are good you are |
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