![]() It's true that Marty had to cut The Wolf of Wall Street down to duck an NC-17 rating, but his movie has progressed through theaters unopposed by censors since its opening day. Yet despite all of the outrage over Scorsese's work (which we argue is a good thing), American audiences have nonetheless had the privilege of enjoying (so to speak) the film's full theatrical cut without having the MPAA meddle with it on the back-end. To an extent, The Wolf of Wall Street's detractors have a point: the film really does go over the top in each of these departments, though for admittedly artistic and thematic reasons. ![]() Since the film's release this past Christmas, The Wolf of Wall Street has proven to be a font of controversy in popular discourse while it's a clear winner among critics, Martin Scorsese's story of excess and greed has wound up on the butt-end of widespread (but not universal) audience condemnation, and been decried for graphic sex, full-frontal nudity, a curse-ridden script, rampant debauchery, reckless drug use, and - perhaps most significant of all - appearing to glorify the self-indulgent lifestyle enjoyed by protagonist Jordan Belfort and his stock broker cronies at the expense of their fellow man's well-being. ![]()
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