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AhmedBankers and Modern Art - WorldArt
May 3rd 2006 02:04
American Psycho
He makes interesting points on how popular plastic surgery has become, with the ultimate aim of making people into homogenous, uniformly-attractive people.
Ugh, it's sick, and Sam claims that our culture has an unhealthy fixation on presenting a shiny exterior, with fake tans, skin treatments and workouts. 'Porelessness' he calls it, and he draws the link:
Contemporary architecture illustrates the same 'porelessness'. Corporate skyscrapers' glass exteriors deny scrutiny of their interiors, reflecting the city back at the viewer. And more than this, like the human body, entrances to these buildings are minimised - often provided by revolving doors - a kind of circumscribed orifice.
He suggests watching American Psycho for more illumination on this subject...
I suggest watching it for the hilarious juxtaposition of murder and 80s pop. Despite the sick, deranged theme of the movie, there are surprising elements of humour throughout!
From Sam's post:
"The people who inhabit these buildings exhibit the same superficiality - receptionists plastered under 'masks' of makeup and men whose unformity of dress and style gives them a generic feel - mass produced humanity - superficial facsimiles devoid of individuality."
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