Got a Gay Orgy Scene to Shoot? Mart Srse Called This Choreographer – The Hollywood Reporter

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• THE OUT TAKE: 'THE WOLF OF WALL STREET' ISN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE THE BUTT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DANIEL WALBERJANUARY 3, 2014/11:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DANIEL WALBERJANUARY 3, 2014 / 11:13 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: 'THE WOLF OF WALL STREET' ISN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE THE BUTT OF THE JOKE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-03T16:13:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-03T16:13:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OUT TAKE IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN ABOUT QUEER REPRENTATNS CEMA. IT NS ON ALTERNATG THURSDAYS. AND ON FRIDAY THIS TIME FOR SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE TRY TO BE AS TE TO THEM AS POSSIBLE AND MAYBE SEE PART OF OURSELV THERE THAT WE MAY NOT LIKE.” – MART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF THE HEATED DISCSN OVER “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” HAS CENTERED UPON THIS PARTICULAR POT. IS THE FILM GLAMORIZG THE WRETCHED BEHAVR OF S PROTAGONIST, JORDAN BELFORT, OR IS WRYLY AND BTALLY SATIRIL? SHOULD WE BE HORRIFIED OR SHOULD WE BE LGHG? WELL, AS THE HELPFUL ABOVE QUOTE OM SRSE HIMSELF SHOWS, THE ANSWER TO THE QUTNS IS “BOTH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALL DOWN TO EDY. THE PURPORTED BRILLIANCE OF THE FILM IS BASILLY S SENSE OF HUMOR. ON THE ONE HAND, BELFORT AND HIS IENDS ARE TERRIBLE PEOPLE DOG TERRIBLE THGS. YET ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU FD WHAT THEY’RE DOG FUNNY, THAT’S A GATEWAY. YOU LGH AT THEIR ANTICS AND THE PROCS SOFTEN UP, MAYBE ENOUGH TO SEE PART OF YOURSELF THEIR GREED AND THEIR EXCS. OCSNALLY THE G WILL BE RIPPED OUT OM UNR YOU, AND YOU’LL LOOK AT YOUR OWN LGHTER HORROR. THE MEN ARE PIGS, AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT YOU’D FOTTEN . WHAT DO THAT SAY ABOUT AMERI? NOTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS LITE BALANCE LLAPS? WHAT IF YOU DON’T FD ANY OF FUNNY? WHAT IF YOU FD YOURSELF MUCH, MUCH MORE DISFORTED THAN AMED? THE UNTERPOT IS THAT THE ENTIRE FILM IS WH BELFORT’S PERSPECTIVE, THAT IF YOU FD SOMETHG OFFENSIVE THAT’S ONLY BEE THE PROTAGONIST IS A JERK. HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY: THE ARE THGS THAT WALL STREET HAS CREATED, NOT SRSE. THIS IS, ON PAPER, A REASONABLE ARGUMENT TO MAKE. IN THE THEATER, HOWEVER, THGS ARE MUCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S A SCENE RELATIVELY EARLY ON THE FILM WHICH, H WH SUCCS, BELFORT AND HIS WIFE GET A GAY BUTLER FOR THEIR FANCY NEW YORK APARTMENT. HE’S CHARMG, SCENTS THEIR TOWELS AND GETS ABOUT 15 SENDS OF SCREEN TIME TO TABLISH THAT HE’S THE NON-THREATENG GAY ARCHETYPE. THEN THEY GO AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND, AND WHEN POOR MRS. BELFORT BACK A DAY EARLY SHE WALKS ON A ROOM FULL OF MEN HAVG SEX. A GAY Y! NEVER MD THAT “WOLF” IS FULL OF ELABORATE HETEROSEXUAL EXPLOS OF ALL KDS, MANY OF THEM OFF-PUTTG, THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IS WIPED OM THE SCREEN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THEN TURNS OUT THAT ONE OF THE GAY GUTS STOLE MONEY, AND BELFORT AND HIS BUDDI GET TO ASSERT THEIR MASCULY BY BEATG THE HELL OUT OF THE BUTLER. THIS IS ALL PLAYED FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN MA THAT BEE WE SEE EVERYTHG THROUGH BELFORT’S HOMOPHOBIC PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ONLY NATURAL (WHICH ALSO EXPLAS WHY THE GAY Y IS SO QUICKLY HIDN – HE WASN’T THERE). DON’T WORRY, SRSE KNOWS THAT THE GUYS ARE JERKS. YET IF YOU’RE THE TYPE TO BE ALIENATED BY OFFENSIVE GAY JOK, NONE OF THAT MATTERS. SUDNLY THAT LITE BALANCE BETWEEN LGHTER AND HORROR DISSIPAT PLETELY. HOMOPHOBIC HUMOR, BY FN, EXCLUS. IT TELLS THE MEMBERS OF THE DIENCE THAT INTIFY WH THE BUTT OF THE JOKE, RATHER THAN THE JOKTER, THAT THEY AREN’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SO IF YOU’RE ALREADY BBED THE WRONG WAY BY THE JOKE SELF, WHEN SRSE TURNS THE DIAL BACK TO SER OBJECTNS TO BELFORT’S BEHAVR, YOU’RE ALREADY THERE. IT’S JT RNDANT. THIS GO FOR THE FILM’S UPROAR AND PLITED RELATNSHIP WH MISOGYNY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH HAS BEEN MA OF ONE PARTICULAR SCENE AS A MICROSM OF WHAT SRSE IS TRYG TO DO. THE SUBJECT IS THE SEXUAL POTENCY AND EQUENCY OF ONE STRATTON OAKMONT EMPLOYEE, A WOMAN WHO GAVE A BLOWJOB TO A BROKER ONE OF THOSE GLASS ELEVATORS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE LOBBY. THEN BELFORT AND DONNIE (HILL) BANG HER ON A TABLE UP THE OFFICE. SHE’S VERY GIFTED, YOU SEE. THEN, THE BROKER WHO GOT THAT FIRST LEGENDARY BLOWJOB “MARRI HER ANYWAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF THAT, THE TOSSG AROUND OF THE WOMAN AND THE POOR SUCKER WHO CID TO MAKE A LIFE WH HER ANYWAY, IS THE EDY. AND GETS LGHS, OR AT LEAST DID MY SCREENG. BUT THEN, THE MASTER STROKE! BELFORT NARRAT THAT THE BROKER KILLED HIMSELF TWO YEARS LATER, AND THERE’S A SHOT OF A LIMP ARM A BATHTUB OF BLOOD. WE ARE THEORETILLY BROUGHT BACK TO THE REALY OF HOW HORRIBLE THE MEN ARE, HOW THEIR LIFTYLE N ONLY LEAD TO STCTN. THE WHOLE FILM IS LIKE THIS, A WHIRLWD OF R HUMOR AND SUDN JABS OF BTAL PERSPECTIVE. A MASTERPIECE OF BA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HOLD ON. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REALY THIS SUATN? HE KILLS HIMSELF, WHICH IS BLEAK AND BTAL, BUT WHY DO HE DO ? THE IMPLITN IS THAT HE ULDN’T LIVE WH HIMSELF FOR MARRYG A LOOSE WOMAN, ONE WHO AT NO POT GETS THE OPPORTUNY TO BE A REAL PERSON. AGA, THAT’S BEE THE FILM IS OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BELFORT, A PIG WHO DON’T RPECT WOMEN. BUT WHY, THEN, DO THE MOMENT OF SOBERG SUICI NTUE TO ENDORSE THE SLUT-SHAMG? THE RULT IS A SERI OF JOK THAT FALL FLAT BY SIMPLE VIRTUE OF BEG PIGGISH, AND A THEORETILLY SOBERG TWIST OF PERSPECTIVE THAT DO NOTHG BUT UNRLE THE UNFORTUNATE GENR POLICS. THE ENTIRE PROCS EXCLUS THOSE WHO DON’T FD SLUT-SHAMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HUMAN PACY FOR LGHTER N ONLY HANDLE SO MUCH ABE. EACH TIME A LGH FAILS, OR A ZANY EXPLO FALLS FLAT BEE S HOMOPHOBIA OR MISOGYNY FEELS ALL TOO REAL, THAT EXPELS SOME OF THE DIENCE. AND ONCE YOU STOP GUFFAWG, “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” IS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. THE ANTICS BEE RNDANT, THE BRIEF AND LCULATED CURSNS OF BTAL PERSPECTIVE MERE HEAVY-HAND MORALIZG. THE FAMO QUAALUS SCENE IS AN EXPERTLY CHOREOGRAPHED GAG-FT, BUT BY THE TIME I GOT THERE MYSELF I WAS FAR TOO EXHSTED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS “STRAIGHT WHE DUS WILL FD FUNNY, THE RT OF WON’T.”  NOTHG IS. BUT THE SUCCS OF SRSE’S FILM, S “MASTERPIECE” STAT DO PEND UPON S CENTRAL GAMB. AS THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF SAID, WE “MAYBE SEE PART OF OURSELV THERE THAT WE DON’T LIKE” BELFORT ET AL. WELL THAT INTIFITN ISN’T UNIVERSAL. COMEDY IS SUBJECTIVE, OF URSE, BUT THERE ARE KDS OF EDY THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND EXCLU MEMBERS OF THE DIENCE VERY SPECIFIC WAYS. IF THIS WERE A NVERSATN ABOUT “THE HANER: PART II” THIS WOULD BE TAKEN FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF TO YOU ’S A MASTERPIECE, THAT’S TOTALLY OL. BUT TAKE A SEND AND THK ABOUT WHY ’S A MASTERPIECE. FIGURE OUT WHY THE HUMOR WORKS FOR YOU, AND WHY MIGHT NOT WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. INTERROGATE YOUR OWN GUT REACTNS. AS RICHARD BRODY SAID OF THE FILM,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANYONE WHO NEEDS “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” TO EXPLA THAT THE STOCK-MARKET D AND PERSONAL IRRPONSIBILY PICTS ARE MORALLY WRONG IS AD OM THE NECK UP; BUT ANYONE WHO N’T TAKE VAST PLEASURE S PICTN OF LQUENT BEHAVR IS AD OM THE NECK DOWN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT AD OM THE NECK DOWN, BUT I ALSO HAVE A BODY THAT FUNCTNS QUE DIFFERENTLY OM BRODY’S. NO ONE SHOULD TAKE THEIR OWN LGHTER FOR GRANTED, AND THEIR OWN ABILY TO INTIFY WH A CHARACTER AS BROAR FACT. I HAVE A RIGHT TO FD “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• GOT A GAY ORGY SCENE TO SHOOT? MART SRSE CALLED THIS CHOREOGRAPHER
• GAY ORGY, GONE! 'WOLF OF WALL STREET' CENSORED, BANNED OVERSEAS

THE OUT TAKE: 'THE WOLF OF WALL STREET' ISN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE THE BUTT OF THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DANIEL WALBERJANUARY 3, 2014/11:13 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DANIEL WALBERJANUARY 3, 2014 / 11:13 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: 'THE WOLF OF WALL STREET' ISN'T FUNNY WHEN YOU'RE THE BUTT OF THE JOKE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-01-03T16:13:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-01-03T16:13:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE OUT TAKE IS A BI-WEEKLY LUMN ABOUT QUEER REPRENTATNS CEMA. IT NS ON ALTERNATG THURSDAYS. AND ON FRIDAY THIS TIME FOR SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WE TRY TO BE AS TE TO THEM AS POSSIBLE AND MAYBE SEE PART OF OURSELV THERE THAT WE MAY NOT LIKE.” – MART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH OF THE HEATED DISCSN OVER “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” HAS CENTERED UPON THIS PARTICULAR POT. IS THE FILM GLAMORIZG THE WRETCHED BEHAVR OF S PROTAGONIST, JORDAN BELFORT, OR IS WRYLY AND BTALLY SATIRIL? SHOULD WE BE HORRIFIED OR SHOULD WE BE LGHG? WELL, AS THE HELPFUL ABOVE QUOTE OM SRSE HIMSELF SHOWS, THE ANSWER TO THE QUTNS IS “BOTH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ALL DOWN TO EDY. THE PURPORTED BRILLIANCE OF THE FILM IS BASILLY S SENSE OF HUMOR. ON THE ONE HAND, BELFORT AND HIS IENDS ARE TERRIBLE PEOPLE DOG TERRIBLE THGS. YET ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU FD WHAT THEY’RE DOG FUNNY, THAT’S A GATEWAY. YOU LGH AT THEIR ANTICS AND THE PROCS SOFTEN UP, MAYBE ENOUGH TO SEE PART OF YOURSELF THEIR GREED AND THEIR EXCS. OCSNALLY THE G WILL BE RIPPED OUT OM UNR YOU, AND YOU’LL LOOK AT YOUR OWN LGHTER HORROR. THE MEN ARE PIGS, AND FOR A BRIEF MOMENT YOU’D FOTTEN . WHAT DO THAT SAY ABOUT AMERI? NOTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS LITE BALANCE LLAPS? WHAT IF YOU DON’T FD ANY OF FUNNY? WHAT IF YOU FD YOURSELF MUCH, MUCH MORE DISFORTED THAN AMED? THE UNTERPOT IS THAT THE ENTIRE FILM IS WH BELFORT’S PERSPECTIVE, THAT IF YOU FD SOMETHG OFFENSIVE THAT’S ONLY BEE THE PROTAGONIST IS A JERK. HOMOPHOBIA, MISOGYNY: THE ARE THGS THAT WALL STREET HAS CREATED, NOT SRSE. THIS IS, ON PAPER, A REASONABLE ARGUMENT TO MAKE. IN THE THEATER, HOWEVER, THGS ARE MUCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE’S A SCENE RELATIVELY EARLY ON THE FILM WHICH, H WH SUCCS, BELFORT AND HIS WIFE GET A GAY BUTLER FOR THEIR FANCY NEW YORK APARTMENT. HE’S CHARMG, SCENTS THEIR TOWELS AND GETS ABOUT 15 SENDS OF SCREEN TIME TO TABLISH THAT HE’S THE NON-THREATENG GAY ARCHETYPE. THEN THEY GO AWAY FOR THE WEEKEND, AND WHEN POOR MRS. BELFORT BACK A DAY EARLY SHE WALKS ON A ROOM FULL OF MEN HAVG SEX. A GAY Y! NEVER MD THAT “WOLF” IS FULL OF ELABORATE HETEROSEXUAL EXPLOS OF ALL KDS, MANY OF THEM OFF-PUTTG, THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IS WIPED OM THE SCREEN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. THEN TURNS OUT THAT ONE OF THE GAY GUTS STOLE MONEY, AND BELFORT AND HIS BUDDI GET TO ASSERT THEIR MASCULY BY BEATG THE HELL OUT OF THE BUTLER. THIS IS ALL PLAYED FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN MA THAT BEE WE SEE EVERYTHG THROUGH BELFORT’S HOMOPHOBIC PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS ONLY NATURAL (WHICH ALSO EXPLAS WHY THE GAY Y IS SO QUICKLY HIDN – HE WASN’T THERE). DON’T WORRY, SRSE KNOWS THAT THE GUYS ARE JERKS. YET IF YOU’RE THE TYPE TO BE ALIENATED BY OFFENSIVE GAY JOK, NONE OF THAT MATTERS. SUDNLY THAT LITE BALANCE BETWEEN LGHTER AND HORROR DISSIPAT PLETELY. HOMOPHOBIC HUMOR, BY FN, EXCLUS. IT TELLS THE MEMBERS OF THE DIENCE THAT INTIFY WH THE BUTT OF THE JOKE, RATHER THAN THE JOKTER, THAT THEY AREN’T {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SO IF YOU’RE ALREADY BBED THE WRONG WAY BY THE JOKE SELF, WHEN SRSE TURNS THE DIAL BACK TO SER OBJECTNS TO BELFORT’S BEHAVR, YOU’RE ALREADY THERE. IT’S JT RNDANT. THIS GO FOR THE FILM’S UPROAR AND PLITED RELATNSHIP WH MISOGYNY AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MUCH HAS BEEN MA OF ONE PARTICULAR SCENE AS A MICROSM OF WHAT SRSE IS TRYG TO DO. THE SUBJECT IS THE SEXUAL POTENCY AND EQUENCY OF ONE STRATTON OAKMONT EMPLOYEE, A WOMAN WHO GAVE A BLOWJOB TO A BROKER ONE OF THOSE GLASS ELEVATORS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE LOBBY. THEN BELFORT AND DONNIE (HILL) BANG HER ON A TABLE UP THE OFFICE. SHE’S VERY GIFTED, YOU SEE. THEN, THE BROKER WHO GOT THAT FIRST LEGENDARY BLOWJOB “MARRI HER ANYWAY.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL OF THAT, THE TOSSG AROUND OF THE WOMAN AND THE POOR SUCKER WHO CID TO MAKE A LIFE WH HER ANYWAY, IS THE EDY. AND GETS LGHS, OR AT LEAST DID MY SCREENG. BUT THEN, THE MASTER STROKE! BELFORT NARRAT THAT THE BROKER KILLED HIMSELF TWO YEARS LATER, AND THERE’S A SHOT OF A LIMP ARM A BATHTUB OF BLOOD. WE ARE THEORETILLY BROUGHT BACK TO THE REALY OF HOW HORRIBLE THE MEN ARE, HOW THEIR LIFTYLE N ONLY LEAD TO STCTN. THE WHOLE FILM IS LIKE THIS, A WHIRLWD OF R HUMOR AND SUDN JABS OF BTAL PERSPECTIVE. A MASTERPIECE OF BA AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HOLD ON. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE REALY THIS SUATN? HE KILLS HIMSELF, WHICH IS BLEAK AND BTAL, BUT WHY DO HE DO ? THE IMPLITN IS THAT HE ULDN’T LIVE WH HIMSELF FOR MARRYG A LOOSE WOMAN, ONE WHO AT NO POT GETS THE OPPORTUNY TO BE A REAL PERSON. AGA, THAT’S BEE THE FILM IS OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF BELFORT, A PIG WHO DON’T RPECT WOMEN. BUT WHY, THEN, DO THE MOMENT OF SOBERG SUICI NTUE TO ENDORSE THE SLUT-SHAMG? THE RULT IS A SERI OF JOK THAT FALL FLAT BY SIMPLE VIRTUE OF BEG PIGGISH, AND A THEORETILLY SOBERG TWIST OF PERSPECTIVE THAT DO NOTHG BUT UNRLE THE UNFORTUNATE GENR POLICS. THE ENTIRE PROCS EXCLUS THOSE WHO DON’T FD SLUT-SHAMG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HUMAN PACY FOR LGHTER N ONLY HANDLE SO MUCH ABE. EACH TIME A LGH FAILS, OR A ZANY EXPLO FALLS FLAT BEE S HOMOPHOBIA OR MISOGYNY FEELS ALL TOO REAL, THAT EXPELS SOME OF THE DIENCE. AND ONCE YOU STOP GUFFAWG, “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” IS A VERY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. THE ANTICS BEE RNDANT, THE BRIEF AND LCULATED CURSNS OF BTAL PERSPECTIVE MERE HEAVY-HAND MORALIZG. THE FAMO QUAALUS SCENE IS AN EXPERTLY CHOREOGRAPHED GAG-FT, BUT BY THE TIME I GOT THERE MYSELF I WAS FAR TOO EXHSTED TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS NOT AS SIMPLE AS “STRAIGHT WHE DUS WILL FD FUNNY, THE RT OF WON’T.”  NOTHG IS. BUT THE SUCCS OF SRSE’S FILM, S “MASTERPIECE” STAT DO PEND UPON S CENTRAL GAMB. AS THE DIRECTOR HIMSELF SAID, WE “MAYBE SEE PART OF OURSELV THERE THAT WE DON’T LIKE” BELFORT ET AL. WELL THAT INTIFITN ISN’T UNIVERSAL. COMEDY IS SUBJECTIVE, OF URSE, BUT THERE ARE KDS OF EDY THAT ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND EXCLU MEMBERS OF THE DIENCE VERY SPECIFIC WAYS. IF THIS WERE A NVERSATN ABOUT “THE HANER: PART II” THIS WOULD BE TAKEN FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF TO YOU ’S A MASTERPIECE, THAT’S TOTALLY OL. BUT TAKE A SEND AND THK ABOUT WHY ’S A MASTERPIECE. FIGURE OUT WHY THE HUMOR WORKS FOR YOU, AND WHY MIGHT NOT WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. INTERROGATE YOUR OWN GUT REACTNS. AS RICHARD BRODY SAID OF THE FILM,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“ANYONE WHO NEEDS “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” TO EXPLA THAT THE STOCK-MARKET D AND PERSONAL IRRPONSIBILY PICTS ARE MORALLY WRONG IS AD OM THE NECK UP; BUT ANYONE WHO N’T TAKE VAST PLEASURE S PICTN OF LQUENT BEHAVR IS AD OM THE NECK DOWN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’M NOT AD OM THE NECK DOWN, BUT I ALSO HAVE A BODY THAT FUNCTNS QUE DIFFERENTLY OM BRODY’S. NO ONE SHOULD TAKE THEIR OWN LGHTER FOR GRANTED, AND THEIR OWN ABILY TO INTIFY WH A CHARACTER AS BROAR FACT. I HAVE A RIGHT TO FD “THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

She even hired a gay butler. [Naomi walks on a gay y]. Nilas The Butler is a gay character om The Wolf Of Wall Street.

He was Reveled Gay when Jordan Belfort Said "Say what you will, but the Duchs did have style.

" and he possibly started the gay y scene. Homophobia, misogyny: the are thgs that Wall Street has created, not Srse.

GOT A GAY ORGY SCENE TO SHOOT? MART SRSE CALLED THIS CHOREOGRAPHER

In the theater, however, thgs are much ’s a scene relatively early on the film which, h wh succs, Belfort and his wife get a gay butler for their fancy New York apartment. He’s charmg, scents their towels and gets about 15 sends of screen time to tablish that he’s the non-threateng gay archetype. A gay y!

GAY ORGY, GONE! 'WOLF OF WALL STREET' CENSORED, BANNED OVERSEAS

Then turns out that one of the gay guts stole money, and Belfort and his buddi get to assert their masculy by beatg the hell out of the butler.

This is all played for argument has been ma that bee we see everythg through Belfort’s homophobic perspective, this is only natural (which also explas why the gay y is so quickly hidn – he wasn’t there).

Yet if you’re the type to be alienated by offensive gay jok, none of that matters. Homophobic humor, by fn, exclus.