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^ Ok then, but I didn't gather that from the article. I got
the impression that she was talking about one person.
There were multiple people mentioned in the article, including a friend of the main male character who was calling the writer to ask her for the bail money -- and was also the one asking for her personal details such as her birth date and where she was born (the implication for me was this was for identity theft although that was left unclear in the article). Also she mentioned a cast of characters (like the cousin) that had essentially shown up uninvited to the sister's bday party.
I didn't read the whole article yet but the author sounds just plain dumb. Why on earth would you give that much money to someone that's basically an acquaintance? Let alone bail someone out of jail that's an acquaintance. He's not a close friend or a family member. I don't think the guy is a "con artist" but that he's likely sees her as a person of means and is using her for money. It's kind of like when a guy uses you for sex. I don't think that's the same thing as a con artist. Con artists intentionally set out to scam you.
Also, in skimming the article, am I reading correctly that "all" he needed was $500? Surely he knows 20 people that could chip in $25 to get that bail money posted...
If Hollywood want to turn this story into a movie, the promo will be something like this :
When two people coming from vast different cultural background met in the streets of Brooklyn and
fall in love, can they overcome all the racial and class obstacles? Their undying love and trust for each
other will be put to test.
The Casts:
Drew Barrymore as the sweet and naive writer Hanna.
Will Smith as David the handsome charming con artist with a good heart.
Sure, I had moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, as a white, middle-class woman from the Midwestern suburbs, and sure, I knew I was naïve, but I did not confront the reality of my own neighborhood, or myself, until I was asked, a week ago, to post bail for my neighbor.
A few months back, trying to get a feel for our new neighborhood, my roommate and I were walking to a bar when we passed his row house, just down the street. There was loud music coming from his open door, and he hailed us over, asking, were either of us musically inclined? Well, yes, I said, I play the violin. He went to get his friend, racing up his steps — she plays the violin! And this is how I met David (whose name I’ve changed here, for the sake of his privacy).
He was an aspiring rapper, and some days later he brought his boombox and producer to my sister’s birthday party, the crowd singing along, willingly, until more and more of his friends began to come in our door. After this my sister did not care for him, and my roommate did not care for him. He’s handsome, she said, and I think he means well, but why was his little brother here at midnight? Why was his mother here? Why does his cousin look so scary?
But I liked the way he was always asking me about myself, my family, my writing. Maybe the details of what he was doing were on the vague side, and maybe he called me at the oddest hours of morning or night, but he carried my groceries when I came by his place, and once walked me the 15 minutes to the Nostrand Avenue subway stop, on a rainy day when he knew I had no umbrella.
Click the link above to read the rest -- it ends with him calling her to bail him out of jail --$2500 -- although she's eventually asked for only $500 by another friend.
If Hollywood want to turn this story into a movie, the promo will be something like this :
When two people coming from vast different cultural background met in the streets of Brooklyn and
fall in love, can they overcome all the racial and class obstacles? Their undying love and trust for each
other will be put to test.
The Casts:
Drew Barrymore as the sweet and naive writer Hanna.
Will Smith as David the handsome charming con artist with a good heart.
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