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:
- "The Unbearable Bradness of Being" (Chris Heath, Rolling Stone, Oct. 28, 1999)
- "Fight Club" (directed by David Fincher, 1999)
- "Joker" (directed by Todd Phillips, 2019)
- "Succession" (HBO, 2019)
- "Whistleblower Explains How Cambridge Analytica Helped Fuel U.S. 'Insurgency'" (Fresh Air, Oct. 8, 2019)