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In an open letter to Martin Scorsese and Leonard DiCaprio the daughter of the man DiCaprio plays in the film unleashes her fury — at her father and the men who glorify those like him.
“So here’s the deal. You people are dangerous. Your film is a reckless attempt at continuing to pretend that these sorts of schemes are entertaining, even as the country is reeling from yet another round of Wall Street scandals. We want to get lost in what? These phony financiers’ fun sexcapades and coke binges? Come on, we know the truth. This kind of behavior brought America to its knees.
And yet you’re glorifying it — you who call yourselves liberals. You were honored for career excellence and for your cultural influence by The Kennedy Center, Marty. You drive a Honda hybrid, Leo. Did you think about the cultural message you’d be sending when you decided to make this film? You have successfully aligned yourself with an accomplished criminal, a guy who still hasn’t made full restitution to his victims, exacerbating our national obsession with wealth and status and glorifying greed and psychopathic behavior. And don’t even get me started on the incomprehensible way in which your film degrades women, the misogynistic, ass-backwards message you endorse to younger generations of men.”
She ends with “I urge each and every human being in America NOT to support this film, because if you do, you’re simply continuing to feed the Wolves of Wall Street….”
Will: So glad I read this before thinking of seeing the film and definitely want to share this with my 20-something son who has seen it. She is so right that it sends totally the wrong message at a time when the reins of Wall Street need to be taken from these rogues.
Good for her! And good for you for sharing this!
Yet another reason I do NOT like Scorsese films. One wonders about HIS childhood:)
Indeed… They deserve they scathing anger in her voice, especially since a very good film could have been made of the mess….