Amerikanski Psycho, ≈18:30:
— Is that a gram?
— New card. What do you think?
— Whoa. Very nice.
— Look at that.
— Picked them up from the printer’s yesterday.
— Good colouring.
— That’s bone. And the lettering is something called Silian Rail.
— That’s very cool, Bateman. But that’s nothing. Look at this.
— That is really nice.
— Eggshell with Romalian type. What do you think?
— Nice.
— Jesus. That is really super. How’d a nitwit like you get so tasteful?
— I can’t believe that Bryce prefers Van Patten’s card to mine.
— But wait. You ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
— Raised lettering, pale nimbus. White.
— Impressive. Very nice.
— Mm.
— Let’s see Paul Allen’s card.
— Look at that subtle off-white colouring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh, my God – it even has a watermark.
— Something wrong? Patrick? You’re sweating.
That last man is the quavering, foppish, bow-tied quisling of the picture, so of course his card would offer the gaucherie of colour.
Doesn’t a card like that scream “Watch your back in the washroom”?