Well, too bad Patrick Bateman, patron saint of ONTD. Looks like you, along with Spiderman, Frodo, and Elle Woods, are getting your very own schlocky musical!
Sure, some idiots out there are sure to think this is a good idea, just like some producers are sure to think that an "edgy" musical adaption could bring in all those Broadway bound hipsters or serial killers in training. Oh wait ...
The main problem (one of many, many problems) is that while I'm all for rats devouring the mutilated insides of an electrocuted body, I have a feeling it won't be exactly what a family-and-tourist-friendly Broadway show calls for, especially when popular blah like Legally Blonde and actually good productions like [title of show] are forced to close during the economic slump. And those actually have AUDIENCES.
In order for American Psycho to work AT ALL on stage (which it can't as a musical, let's face it) and still be profitable, they'd have to water it down more than Mary Harron's film -- a film that she only got to make in the first place because if a male director breathed anywhere in its direction he'd be tarred and feathered by a thousand screaming feminists. And let's everyone remember that despite Christian Bale's rise to stardom and the film's cult status online, it still made no money. And they think a Broadway musical will make bank?
Who wants to see a musical about an extremely violent serial killer not dicing people's heads off anyway? Even Sweeney Todd isn't brutal on stage, and Andrew Lloyd Weber has major 42nd street cred. Can Patrick Bateman sing his way to a rez at Dorsia? We sincerely doubt it.
I don't like singers ... so I will kill you in 30 seconds to Mars.
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