I mean, there's probably a broader category of people who found it glorifying. I just don't see how someone could see the whole movie and want to emulate Belfort. The film made it really hard to isolate any one part of his existence as "awesome" and removed from his general shittyness. He didn't make a wrong turn or…

He may have had fun, but did you ever want to be him? There was never a moment where he wasn't at least a humongous ass, and at worst deeply bad. I think the film argued that actual morality is more important than fun and greed. It wasn't a subtle condemnation.

He punched his wife in the stomach! And it's not just that he slept with hookers, it's that he got off on humiliating and segregating them.

Exactly, and I think the movie did a really good job of accusing the audience of not caring enough about how systemic fraud is. The last scene is a bunch of people who have paid money to learn how to be Belfort, and it's constantly repeated that he embodies the American Dream. I thought it was a really…

I want to read more things written within the last 5 years. Bleeding Edge was the first book in a long time without "classic" or "modern canon" status. It was nice to read prose written in today's vernacular rather than 19th century speak.

I know I'm late, but seriously, fuck those people.