I just googled 'Wolf of Wall Street + misogyny' and this is literally the ONLY piece that worked for me. Thank you so much for being someone who notes the distinction between what the director meant and what people will actually take away from the film. For the most part, this movie utterly disgusted me - in saying, the actors are brilliant and it is an excellent film otherwise - but what really got me was the complete indifference to women. It's not a misogynistic film, because for misogyny to exist you have to recognise women as people in the first place...
I just googled 'Wolf of Wall Street + misogyny' and this is literally the ONLY piece that worked for me. Thank you so much for being someone who notes the distinction between what the director meant and what people will actually take away from the film. For the most part, this movie utterly disgusted me - in saying, the actors are brilliant and it is an excellent film otherwise - but what really got me was the complete indifference to women. It's not a misogynistic film, because for misogyny to exist you have to recognise women as people in the first place...