![]() ![]() Does making Belfort the "protagonist" make the film an endorsement of his douchebaggery? Spoilers may follow (though, frankly, it's hard to "spoil" a film that has as inevitable a plotline as Wolf of Wall Street). So: are we? McDowell's scathing take prompts some worthwhile questions. What makes you think this man deserves to be the protagonist in this story? Do you think his victims are going to want to watch it? Did we forget about the damage that accompanied all those rollicking good times? Or are we sweeping it under the carpet for the sale of a movie ticket? They can't pay their medical bills or help send their children off to college because of characters like the ones glorified in Terry Winters' screenplay. They're left destitute, having lost their life savings at the age of 80. Belfort's victims, my father's victims, don't have a chance at keeping up with the Joneses. ![]()
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