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#THE WOLF OF WALL STREET MOVIE#
I’ve seen many comments on Belfort’s TikToks from aspiring finance bros declaring their love for Belfort and the movie based on his life, attaching an unwelcome stigma to a genuinely good film. But the stereotype has persisted, leaking into TikTok, and by now, it reeks of banality.Īnd, as with most things on TikTok, the younger generations have taken the stereotype too far on both sides. The first few times I saw people mocking this stereotype online circa 2013, around the time when “The Wolf of Wall Street” was released, I found it mildly amusing: Yes, eat the rich, especially the loafer-wearing ones. As a commonly accepted and implicitly understood definition, the finance bro is a typical white male stereotype: He might have a trust fund he might work on Wall Street he might be a bit of a privileged douche and he certainly owns a Patagonia vest. Therefore, I must reiterate my original point: You don’t have to be a finance bro to like “The Wolf of Wall Street.” If you like “The Wolf of Wall Street” and are not a finance bro, it’s OK - no need to feel ashamed.Īs excruciating as it may be, I should first define the term “ finance bro ” so we’re all on the same page. A movie’s fan base, no matter how insufferably they miss the point, should not determine the quality of the movie itself. If a small collection of teenage boys and equally immature adults choose to misinterpret the film, they cannot be helped. In fact, some people worship the man, commenting not-so-jokingly about wanting to be him, mistaking the movie’s critique of wealth obsession for the model of an ideal lifestyle. The real Jordan Belfort, upon whom “The Wolf of Wall Street” is based, is now on TikTok with the handle, having amassed nearly 1 million followers - even as he still owed nearly 100 times that figure for fraud as of 2018. It also managed to pin down the oft-fleeting status of relevance in today’s fast-moving pop culture scene.
It is disgusting, entrancing and well worth watching.
Viewers get the privilege of watching three hours of Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey and Jonah Hill directed by Martin Scorsese.
If you have not yet watched this film, please find the time to do so - it is a cultural watershed, a striking critique of capitalism through the explicit depiction of immoral excess. You don’t have to be a finance bro to like “The Wolf of Wall Street.” Rorye Jones PO ’23 argues that you don’t have to be a finance bro to like “The Wolf of Wall Street.” (Courtesy: James Devaney/WireImage)
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