First, we watch as Powell slicks back his hair and pops in brown contacts. Dressed in Bateman’s instantly-recognizable suit, Powell imitates Bale’s stiff gait as he approaches the room.

With his Valentino suit and morning primp routine, not to mention a six-pack set of abs, Patrick Bateman seems just as glossy and sophisticated as his business card at first glance.

The image of Bateman being so memorably enshrined onscreen in this sequence is not supposed to be aspirational. But pull up TikTok or Instagram or Reddit and you can easily find your way into a ...