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Maybe you came to this site because you are curious. Why do
this movie? What am I hoping to achieve?
When The Wolf of Wall
Street came out in theaters, it was blasted by critics, many of them female,
for its excessive partying, constant nudity, and lack of substance in female
roles. However, with talent such as Scorsese, DiCaprio, and McConaughey, I
couldn’t pass it up for long. When I finally did see it, I admit I enjoyed it.
Yes, it was certainly gratuitous, but given the subject matter, the actions of
the characters were likely a reality then (and continue to be now).
But why can men behave like this? “Boys will be boys.” It’s a simple phrase that makes
inexcusable actions excusable – a phrase that refuses to retire even with age.
Whether a 9-year-old boy toilet papers a house or a 29-year-old man snorts
cocaine off a woman’s chest, “boys will be boys.” But why can’t a girl or woman
step outside of what is acceptable without facing scrutiny or be accused of
being “unladylike.”
Hollywood has always been a boy’s club. The vast majority of
producers, directors, and writers are men. With few exceptions, Hollywood
movies are made by men for men. The Wolf
of Wall Street is the ultimate example of celebrating male debauchery –
eliciting cheers from the audience when the Jordan Belfort character crawls on
the floor in a drug-induced stupor, crashes his Lamborghini, or finds his
hidden stash of cocaine after hitting his wife.
What if this male debauchery was reversed and portrayed by
females? I did not want to be heavy-handed and
say, “This is what I want you to think.” I wanted to have fun, and explore what
people thought of this reversal. Would they find it funny, disturbing, or unbelievable?
That is why I chose to make this trailer – shot for shot, word for word, ridiculous
expression for ridiculous expression. Would people watch this movie? Would
anyone ever make this movie? Probably
not. Most of society feels women aren’t supposed to act this way, but in my
world for a brief 2 and ½ minutes, they can.
