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just realized

posted 13 years ago by scenoid
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When Jacob asks if Brett collects, Brett goes on the offensive and calls people that collect as being obsessive compulsive and a variety of other obscenities. In Wall Street, when Bud Fox goes to the Gordons house to sign some papers and meets the Darien (?). Bud Fox calls out Gordon's lavious spending but Darien calls Gordon "one of the most astute collectors" she has ever met.

When Brett was calling out people that "collect things," was he solely referring to Gordon Gecko?

[–] drexeltoker 12 years ago

good catch. but you are probably reading too much into it. i thought the bigger irony was that he clearly was a collector by pointing out that while the other 14 were on display he had the 15th!

[–] DannyDee14 12 years ago

I think he was just pointing out that he could put an economic value on anything in his collection, there was nothing he wouldn't sell for the right price. Then when asked what his price to quit Wall Street was he just answered "More." It was basically to show that while he enjoys the status that comes with the money, like many Wall Street people he liked the game and the money was a score card.