Mentions (19)
"Bring back the DFW/Pynchon/Brett Easton Ellis/Jonathan Franzen/Chuck Palahnhiuk wannabes."
"Just don't recommend Bret Easton Ellis, as I've already read his entire bibliography front to back (it's how I first heard of Ottessa, after she cited American Psycho as inspiration for MYORAR)."
"Dennis Cooper, John Waters, Yukio Mishima, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Gregg Araki, Ryan Murphy, Samuel Delany, Douglas P., Peter Sotos
It seems like a thing. Who am I missing?"
"One of the latest episodes of his podcast commented on the mueller report on a podcast that's doesn't comment much on politics. Seems like someone has been listening to red scare. Anna has been posting ig stories of her reading Ellis' novel American Psycho."
"Beyond the popular (and correct) criticism that they pander to whatever social or political paranoia of the day I find them so consumer orientated and materialistic and soul crushing. It feels like everyone has adopted a Bret Ellis kind of aesthetic."
"Revisiting like a decade later and thought I was going to outgrow them but I probably like them more than I ever have. About 2/3rds of the way through Glamorama and it's probably my favorite thing he's done. Like Pynchon for oversexed yuppies with an extended universe to boot"
"he's been taken up as an elder statesman by a new generation of Red Scare-listening, anti-idpol edgelords – he's like the Morrissey of literature, loved and hated for the same reason"
"I just finished American Psycho, haven't seen the movie yet. I came away from that book seeing it as an incredibly prescient critique of the social media age and Bateman as a proto-blackpilled man."
"Penned by Bret Easton Ellis, the critically panned 2013 erotic thriller was overshadowed by Lindsay Lohan's involvement."
"I loved the show and thought it was a Bret Easton Ellis level of satire and thought of it as a modern glamorama."
"Because they thought 'Less than Zero' was a diet book."
"Dennis Cooper, John Waters, Yukio Mishima, Bret Easton Ellis, Chuck Palahniuk, Gregg Araki, Ryan Murphy, Samuel Delany, Douglas P., Peter Sotos"
"Naomi Fry tweeted that she told Ellis to listen to red scare"
"It feels like everyone has adopted a Bret Ellis kind of aesthetic"
"Read a couple of his books (Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, Imperial Bedrooms) back in high school and loved them. Revisiting like a decade later and thought I was going to outgrow them but I probably like them more than I ever have."
"he's been taken up as an elder statesman by a new generation of Red Scare-listening, anti-idpol edgelords – he's like the Morrissey of literature, loved and hated for the same reason"
"Penned by Bret Easton Ellis, the critically panned 2013 erotic thriller was overshadowed by Lindsay Lohan's involvement."
"I loved the show and thought it was a Bret Easton Ellis level of satire and thought of it as a modern glamorama."
"Younger people have essentially become characters from a Bret Easton Ellis novel."