The Wolf (Belfort) is The Worm (Rodman), too. Infamy is serving Dennis Rodman quite well. Infamy is a currency Belfort and Rodriguez both plan on milking. He won't quit because we live in a society today in which no one passes judgment on how you earn your money. A-Rod won't quit because he believes he took no more drugs than the average major leaguer. Inflating the value of worthless penny stocks in the 1990s was no more corrupt than inflating the value of Internet stocks or exploiting obvious mortgage fraud. The money, the power, the fame and, most likely, the drugs corrupted Belfort's mind, made him believe he was invincible.īelfort also believed he was doing what everyone else was doing on Wall Street. And then, at the last minute, he stepped to the microphone (pulpit) at Stratton Oakmont and preached a sermon to his congregation of stockbrokers about how he wouldn't be a hypocrite and take no for an answer. Belfort's dad explained to his son that he'd won and it was time to step aside quietly. It's the same character flaws that stopped Belfort in "The Wolf of Wall Street" from walking away when his lawyers cut a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Why not disappear to some exotic island with a beautiful model and live in relative anonymity? Why fight the suspension? Why keep his name in the news? Why let the media exploit him? Performance-enhancing drugs helped him earn generational wealth. He got his championship with the Yankees. In the aftermath of the "60 Minutes"-driven A-Rod news cycle, a friend asked me why the slugger won't walk away. Jordan Belfort and "The Crooks of Wall Street" are Alex Rodriguez. Greed, hedonism and a lack of self-awareness are American character flaws, the foundational characteristics of a red, white and blue religion with no affinity for a particular group. It exposes the commonality and the pervasiveness of values most often ascribed to the poor, uneducated and dark skinned. The Oscar-nominated dramedy is a Facebook page, an Instagram slide and a Twitter feed. Scorsese filmed a three-hour rap video, telling Belfort's story through a figure-flattering trick mirror. "F-kWithMeYouKnowIGotIt" is Belfort's theme song. "The Wolf" is Hollywood's "Magna Carta Holy Grail." Jordan Belfort is Shawn Carter Jay B is Jay Z. The movie's tone deafness is a reflection of our modern culture. Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" is intentionally unrepentant, clueless and immoral. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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