it was even more cringe than i had prepared myself for, but Timothy Dalton got me, the man absolutely *does not care* how silly he looks and will give it to you like it ’s Shakespeare
The delivery of literally every WORD of this is so unexpected and impactful! You can see him choose to avoid the usual beats and pacing and it’s fucking awesome!!!!
I think it is so outrageous, it’s all so campy it makes me giggle. Bateman is such a silly character, I can’t see how anyone really looks to him as a model of peak masculinity.