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The Wolf of Wall Street
The "Wolf of Wall Street" is a comical movie illustrating the fast life of Wall Street investor, Jordan Belfort who is portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Belfort initially began his journey by selling penny stocks for a large commission, and eventually working his way up to making his own investment company where he profited over $100 million dollars. All of his success and achievements came through the use of fraud and money laundering, where he scammed thousands of citizens who used his services. Yet, Belfort did not seem to mind to what he was doing as long as he was able to afford his lavish and wild lifestyle. He did anything and everything that a wealthy man with no ethics would do. This included but was not limited to: routinely having office parties which involved hookers, alcohol, and drugs, paying one of his female employees $10,000 to shave her head, and flying a helicopter in the middle of the night while being extremely intoxicated. These immoral actions were very crude and disturbing, but also necessary to the film as it kept viewers laughing and at the edge of their seats. Sadly, Belfort’s lifestyle and delinquent behavior did not last forever. His downfall initially began when the FBI started investigating him and his company. From there, he took up a drug addiction which negatively affected all aspects of his life, drove his Lamborghini into a brick wall while his three year old daughter was the passenger, and abused this wife on a regular basis. Eventually, Belfort was arrested for his crimes where he was charged stock market manipulation. This resulted in the complete diminishment of his company and relationships that came with it. All the hardships and consequences that Jordan Belfort faced highlights the challenges that come with achieving the american dream, which some deem much more significant than all of the jokes and hysteria. In, conclusion "The Wolf of Wall Street" is one of the most influential comedies ever because of the lessons that came with the controversial behaviors and actions

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  1. Shane HerronSeptember 5, 2018 at 10:16 AM

    I actually haven't see the movie and when you were describing it, it didn't sound that funny to me. Why might that be?

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