Jordan wants you to believe that he was a good guy led astray by others and thus, bears less responsibility for his actions. In Jordan's narrative, he was just a simple, married man who wanted to do right by his clients and make some profit in the process before he was 'sold' on the idea of a different outlook by others. Watch popular content from the following creators: Chrissy(csapunch), (superdupersteve). It is then left up to us, the viewer, to question just how much of the previous 3 hours was the truth and how much was just salesmanship. Discover short videos related to reddit wall street on TikTok.
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The realization then is that we should understand that the entire movie has just been Jordan Belfort selling us on the 'idea' of his story, not as it was, but as he wants us to see it.
The film essentially ends with us looking at ourselves as if in a mirror. The final shot, the one of the audience, hungry with anticipation, is us. This 'based on a true story' film is Martin Scorseses funniest movie since Taxi Driver (thats the one with Jimmy Fallon, right).
Only this time, its not a tale about a homeless boy living in a train station or a bunch of mafiosas eating lasagna. While the Redditors of r/WallStreetBets are buying options, GameStop shorts are getting squeezed, and some big Wall Street firms are. Scorsese is back, kicking ass and taking names.
I wouldn't qualify it as a 'moral' but the conclusion of WoWS is us watching Jordan Belfort doing what he has been doing since the beginning of the film 'selling something'. The GameStop chaos is what happens when a stock becomes a meme.