>>18511049
I mean, it's not technically *bad*, it's just generically "rich" without much substance. It's meant to reflect his conflicting motivations. He wants to blend in and be the best at the same time, much like your average /fa/ggot. So there's nothing that would expose him to critique, nothing with real personality. He opts for the stark and minimal. The room is almost entirely devoid of color beside the wood grain speaker setup, which might just be a hint at some amount of genuine enjoyment of music among the otherwise vain and meaningless decor. I think it's important to note that the people's faces are not shown in the artwork. They are, as Bateman and everyone around him, stripped of personality and made into mere models for what we can presume are exorbitantly expensive/designer outfits. When Bateman kills Paul Allen, he protects his suit from the blood, but he feels no need to treat his face with the same care. So like his body, these people's bodies are reduced to objects, literally and metaphorically in this case. The kitchen echoes medical butchery with it's cold stainless steel finish, and the living room serves as a thinly veiled killing floor. It's great set design, as it really fits his character well.
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