The world has gone insane

[kandrathe]

Otherwise, one thing to mention about the story is that it wasn't a non-paid internship. I believe he said he was making 150-300 a week or so. So it was enough to make it necessary to seek shelter, but I don't believe it was as grim as the movie depicted. Not to mention that the projector/Z-ray or whatever machine was already taken care of long before he tried to finish that internship, at least as far as I recall. Oh, and he wasn't turned away from the children and mothers hospice or whatever, dunno if it just didn't exist but there was a change there as well.

So it was bad for him, especially considering the heights he has now reached, but the movie painted a far more grim picture.

Yeah, the movie really piled it on. But, then, that's drama! I was also wondering that if he had a bunch of bone density machines to sell, why not just sell them all at a reduced price to maximize his short term cash flow and get out from under them, and what prevented him from getting a reasonable job. The reality of a low paid Dean Witter internship position makes more sense. The mother's motivation for running off to New York to work as a waitress was a little thin as well, but I bet the real life woman is kicking herself. Kind of like all those potential Mrs. Gates who thought Bill was just a pimply nerd in high school.