Bret Easton Hell Yes!

Katie and returning guest Liz discuss the 1999 documentary This Is Not An Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis. They talk dramatic reenactments, Bret’s adorable mom, and the American Psycho scandal, plus so much more.

Katie and Steve (In the Mix, The Hard Times) discuss the London cast recording of the American Psycho musical soundtrack. Can Matt Smith fill Christian Bale’s iconic shoes? Will Duncan Sheik’s lyrics tap into the mind of a killer? Is some guy’s ass what Patrick Bateman bones? Listen and find out!

Madi and Katie discuss Hollywood, wealth, AIDS, Will Poulter, and a film that doesn’t feature any vampires, but should.

Returning guest Lenny Burnham (the Filmographers, Arden) joins Katie to talk  Facebook drama, the horrors of LA dating, and bafflingly incorrect portrayals of technology.

Katie and Dave (In the Mix) discuss Roger Avery’s 2002 film adaptation of the Rules of Attraction. Are these characters doomed to repeat the same mistakes forever? Are we laughing with the movie, or at it? Is this adaptation as good as Bret Easton Ellis thinks it is? All this and more!Attachments area

Lenny and Katie dissect the American Psycho 2: All American Girl, the direct-to-DVD sequel starring Mila Kunis and William Shatner that seemingly nobody really wanted to make.

Katie and Madi talk feminism, homophobia, and existential despair.

The first movie based on one of Bret Easton Ellis’s novels sure was a doozy. Katie talks with cartoonist Emma Wolgast and then returning guest Sean Wright about this adaptation that couldn’t have captured the spirit of the original less if it tried.

In the thrilling conclusion to their discussion of White, Katie and Liz ponder why Bret is the way he is, and talk about some instances of Bret seemingly stumbling into good points by accident.

Katie and Sara (Arden, Paste Magazine, Vox) discuss whether this book has a plot, whether Clay has a personality, and whether Imperial Bedrooms works, either as a sequel or on its own terms.

In part one, Katie and Leslie talk Bret the unreliable narrator, Bret the distant father and Bret the runaway son. Then Katie and Langdon talk about Stephen King’s opinion of Lunar Park, the strange, specific grief of losing a parent, and the influence of 9/11 on the story.

Sean and Katie talk unreliable narrators, terrorist plots, unsettlingly anatomical sex scenes, and whether Victor Ward is as dumb as he looks.

Katie and guest Lenny Burnham (The Filmographers, Arden season 2) take a deep dive into Bret’s bizarre recent Q&A with Isaac Chotiner of the New Yorker.

Katie and Tom (Media Majors,  King Me) discuss vampires, drugs, consent, Goatse (for some reason), and try to find meaning in one of Bret Easton Ellis’s most opaque works.

Katie, Leslie and JDB debate the merits of American Psycho and whether the book- or its author- has anything useful to say about society.

Katie and radio producer Andrew Marshello talk unlikable characters, unreliable narrators, and the pitfalls of giving a James Joyce-obsessed 21-year-old a book deal. Also CW: Discussion of sexual assault.

Katie and guest/brother Sean Wright discuss neo-nazis, the 80s punk scene, and the hidden messages in Less Than Zero that nobody seems to notice.

Welcome to Bret Easton Hell Yes! Each week host Katie Wright and a guest will take a loving but critical look at the works of controversial author and unstoppable hot take machine Bret Easton Ellis. In this mini episode Katie and guest Lenny Burnham, (The Filmographers) discuss Bret’s recent Black Panther comments, then revisit the […]