I'd forgotten how good this movie is and how it's possibly more relevant today than it was back then....For me Patrick represents society in general ... He wants to use the right skincare products to look his best, eat healthily, go to the gym, have a good job, the perfect apartment, be seen to be going to all the right places, be admired by his peers, be seen to have all the politically correct views (i.e Supports female equality, against racism, abolish homeless ness, against aparthied/ voilence, terrorism, human rights and materialism etc)
Whilst on the inside he is actively being misogynistic, violent, taking drugs, abusing the homeless, being racist, completely materialistic, and self absorbed etc..
A generalisation maybe but as a modern comparison when you think of things like instagram where everybody is competing to show how perfect their lives are and then you look at the trolls on any websites who are just tearing people to shreds...that's what I took away from it anyhow...
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