The first installment of the movie "Wall Street" with Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas is a powerful one. Clearly the "Buddy" character has taken on the "Gecko" character as a mentor. In this sequence taken from YouTube Gecko expounds on greed. What is the message delivered here? Is he right or wrong or are their shades of gray in this? Whatever else might be said Gecko is a powerful leader who, despite his eventual fall, achieves Authority in his world. Where has he succeeded? Clearly this is a morality play that echoes in the history of literature, drama, music, and theatre. It is mythical in a very real sense. Think of the myth of Gilgamesh and Beowulf. Look at Watergate. Their are countless examples.
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