Discussion History Film / Nightcrawler

This trope is about a hypocritical hatred or unconscious self-loathing. \\\"This is the implication that a character who dislikes a particular thing is secretly a practitioner of that thing.\\\" Louis never criticizes Joe for using cut-throat tactics. He never pretends that he\\\'s above it all. He simply hates that Joe is more successful at it than him. It\\\'s a standard professional rivalry. When Louis gets his multiple vans, it means that Louis has achieved his objective, not a revelation that he\\\'s become what he claimed to hate. He\\\'s become what he always wanted to be: successful by any means necessary.

This trope is about a hypocritical hatred or unconscious self-loathing. \\\"This is the implication that a character who dislikes a particular thing is secretly a practitioner of that thing.\\\" Louis never criticizes Joe for using cut-throat tactics. He never pretends that he\\\'s above it all. He simply hates that Joe is more successful at it than him. It\\\'s a standard professional rivalry. When Louis gets his multiple vans, it means that Louis has achieved his objective, not a revelation that he\\\'s become what he secretly hates. He\\\'s become what he always wanted to be: successful by any means necessary.

Part of the problem is it\\\'s a vaguely defined trope that has like 50% overlap with ThoseTwoGuys, another vaguely defined trope.