I found a quote from American Psycho (Easton Ellis).
It's reflective of Beast and his intimacy, or lack thereof, within the society. The part that I feel is rather touching is towards the end in italics.
He is so aware that this happens to him, but involuntarily can't escape the perpetuating cycle he exists in.
"Soon everything seemed dull: another sunrise, the lives of heroes, falling love, war, the discoveries people made about each other. The only thing that didn't bore me, obviously enough, was how much money Tim Price made, and yet in its obviousness it did. There wasn't a clear, identifiable emotion within me, except for greed and, possibly total disgust.
I had all the characteristics of a human being-- flesh, blood, skin, hair-- but my depersonalisation was so intense, had gone so deep, that the normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, the rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning. Something horrible was happening and yet I couldn't figure out why -- I couldn't put my finger on it. The only thing that calmed me was the satisfying sound of ice being dropped into a glass of J&B."
Please tell me what you think! I'm trying to find more things that could be of use from American Psycho!
Sam T
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this really reflects sum of the things giong on inside beast, this monotonus feeling/text similar to that from the cafe scene in beast (1). the part about characteristics of being human, this flesh that he is incased in but with a total detachment from feeling is intresting..
ReplyDeletethis could be used as or movement creative stimulus paired with other text for ensamble reflecting beast or beast himself internally?
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