How A Homeless Man Spends $100
Jeffrey Wells comments: ‘This documentary short by Josh Paler Lin, posted on 12.22, comes to a very affecting conclusion between 2:07 and 2:35. I won’t say how — you’ll see what I mean. A taste of that old-time Charles Dickens holiday spirit with a little touch of O. Henry. But Paler Lin blows it by not ending it at 2:35, which would have been perfect. Instead he keeps rolling for an extra two minutes and seven seconds so he can demonstrate to viewers (a) how emotionally affected he was by the surprise and (b) that he’s very generous when moved. The other wrongo is the pasting of JOSH PALER LIN on the lower right corner of the frame for the entire fucking video. This guy needs to take ego-diminishing meds immediately. Is he Justin Lin‘s kid or nephew or something?’
