Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast

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Join millennial leftist Katie Wright each week as she and a guest take a loving but critical look at the works of Bret Easton Ellis, the controversial author of American Psycho and Less Than Zero.

Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast

  • Oct 1, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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This Is Not An Exit w/ Liz Andry

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 87:59


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.

American Psycho the Musical w/ Steve Fiorillo

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2019 124:50


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!

The Informers (2008) w/ Madi Emenheiser

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2019 95:18


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

The Canyons w/ Lenny Burnham

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2019 69:46


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

The Rules of Attraction (2002) w/ David Grom

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2019 102:05


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

American Psycho 2: All American Girl (2002) w/ Lenny Burnham

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 80:33


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.

American Psycho (2000) w/ Madi Emenheiser

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2019 123:25


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

Less Than Zero (1987) w/ Sean Wright and Emma Wolgast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 123:18


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.

White (part 2) w/ Liz Andry

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2019 97:38


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.

White (part 1) w/ Liz Andry

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 107:17


Imperial Bedrooms w/ Sara Ghaleb

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 93:42


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.

Lunar Park w/ Leslie Lee III and Langdon Hickman

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 123:11


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.

Glamorama (w/ Sean Wright)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 128:20


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

MINISODE: Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You’re Overreacting to Donald Trump (w/ Lenny Burnham)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 52:14


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.

The Informers w/ Thomas Loughney

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2019 104:23


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.

American Psycho w/ Leslie Lee III and Jonathan Daniel Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 116:43


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

The Rules of Attraction w/ Andrew Marshello

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2019 110:18


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.

Bret Easton Hell Yes! Less Than Zero w/ Sean Wright

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 123:19


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.

Introducing Bret Easton Hell Yes!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2019 35:01


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 […]

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