Still Processing

Psychobros

We revisit "Fight Club" on the 20th anniversary of its release, and consider how the trope of the "psychobro" is showing up onscreen — in the new blockbuster “Joker” and HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Succession” — and off.Discussed this week: "<a href="http://www.bradpittpress.com/artint_99_rollingstone.php" target="_blank">The Unbearable Bradness of Being</a>" (Chris Heath, Rolling Stone, Oct. 28, 1999)"<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/" target="_blank">Fight Club</a>" (directed by David Fincher, 1999)"<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" target="_blank">Joker</a>" (directed by Todd Phillips, 2019)"<a href="https://www.hbo.com/succession" target="_blank">Succession</a>" (HBO, 2019)"<a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/768216311/whistleblower-explains-how-cambridge-analytica-helped-fuel-u-s-insurgency" target="_blank">Whistleblower Explains How Cambridge Analytica Helped Fuel U.S. 'Insurgency'</a>" (Fresh Air, Oct. 8, 2019)
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