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: a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city
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Her friends are just a bunch of yuppies.
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Starring Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a yuppie investment banker whose only real passions are consumerism, dining out, and committing murder, this black comedy and horror fusion satirizes the mass-consumption and performative lifestyle that was a hallmark of the 1980s culture and economy.
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Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The book explores life in New York City in 1987 from the perspective of Wall Street bond trader Sherman McCoy, whose yuppie lifestyle begins to fall apart following an incident in the Bronx.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
But to anyone who was a child during the late Eighties — anyone who had no choice but to endure peak yuppie culture — Chuck Norris was not funny.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
With nods to films of the samurai and shoot-em-up genres, Beetz gives the physical performance of a lifetime, wielding swords and firing guns at a building full of evil yuppies.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
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Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
The book explores life in New York City in 1987 from the perspective of Wall Street bond trader Sherman McCoy, whose yuppie lifestyle begins to fall apart following an incident in the Bronx.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
But to anyone who was a child during the late Eighties — anyone who had no choice but to endure peak yuppie culture — Chuck Norris was not funny.
—John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
With nods to films of the samurai and shoot-em-up genres, Beetz gives the physical performance of a lifetime, wielding swords and firing guns at a building full of evil yuppies.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Yuppie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuppie. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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