Joe?


was it just me or was Joe really hard to connect to

he seemed to really lack charisma
I admire his effort and everything but most of the scenes when he was interacting with other people seemed kind of forced and awkward

Like awkward enough to make me feel awkward watching him

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I didn't detect awkwardness at all, but he did have a sort off standoffish manner. This manner - mixed with (what I saw as) his natural manner of being agreeable - made it easier for people to open up to him (the camera?). Imagine if he had an in-your-face persona while meeting these people. Not only would he have been rejected, but they also would have been less likely to tell him their life stories. I know that this story is overall about Craigslist and Craigslist Joe, but after watching it, I read it as being about the people who he interviewed. It was about the interviewees, Joe was more of a instrument of them telling their stories/showing their character (when being filmed, haha) using Craigslist as a mean. His personality was perfectly open and nonjudgmental (for the most part) to allow people to share their lives with him in more than one way as they shortly crossed paths.

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