One of the more colorful (i.e. annoying) things when walking up at Hollywood & Highland and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, both major tourist meccas, here in Hollywood has been the costumed figures lurking about. I say lurking because some of them have been known for being downright assholes about their gig. Making demands for money before someone even asks to take their picture with them, or getting hostile if some passerby takes his picture without asking, like his soul is going to end up in the family scrapbook or something. Now that’s not the majority of them, but there are some you wish Doctor Doom or Lex Luthor would put out of our misery.
Now I get the whole tourists getting picture taken with celebrity / superhero thing. And that’s fine; fun even. But what always got me was how absolutely shit some of the costumes are. I defy you to come to Hollywood and find a guy dressed as Spider-Man who has even half the friggin’ costume right. Anyway, here’s a humorous news story from the local NBC Channel (I saw it at THR.com’s Heat Vision) about a guy dressed up like Batman getting arrested in the midst of a current police crackdown on these longjohn types for loitering. This is in response to some of them getting a bit too aggressive regarding money as mentioned. Enjoy.
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Holy shit, Batman.
treet Batman: You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can beg for money because I'm not a hero, I'm a panhandler. That's what I can be.
Lt. James Gordon: No, you can't! You're not!
Street Batman: I'm whatever Hollywood Blvd. needs me to be.
This was addressed in the excellent documentary Confessions of a Superhero.
LOL@the Hulk from confessions of a Superhero yelling about America; Just never sure if I think its all funny or I just feel bad for them………
I've talked to that Batman guy before. He's an asshole.
I live a block away from Grauman's Chinese (where many of them roam), and while most of their costumes are definitely dirty and crappy, I'd hate to see them leave. How the hell else is Homeless Spider-Man gonna make a living if he's not allowed to pose in kids' pajamas? Wow, it's like "Watchmen" is becoming a reality – It really IS illegal to be a superhero. Who will save us now???
There used to be a Batman who go to the clubs around where I live in Ybor City (Tampa). The cops arrested him last year or so because it's illegal to conceal your face in a mask in public. A lot of us were disappointed. The guy did a really good job on his costume and even had a Batcycle.
lol talk about costumed people,
then show a wax figure of marylin monroe
@3, That documentary was fantastic
I just remember that the chick who played Wonder Woman in "Confessions of a Superhero" was a BABE
Black Hulk for the fucking WIN.
"He said, 'we're gonna arrest you'…. and I said…. WUT?" – lol that really hit a nerve with me – maybe just maybe I will be alive in the time of Idiocracy becoming real life!
Costumed heroes will demand money from me, and I'll whisper… no.
"Confessions of a Superhero" is great! The guy who dresses up like Batman in that documentary is a complete nut-case!
@ Comment # 5
So he was more a Bale Batman?
Are these people threatening because they are wearing scary costumes? Just tell'em to fuck off! Gotta call the police tho. Bunch of pussies
I work in the area and this has been long overdue. It seems they've run off the rappers with their homemade CDs as well. The city needs to get control of the situation. There are a handful of good ones, but the majority of the characters on the street had horrible horrible costumes. I'm amazed that people would let their kids near some of these freaks. I can't imagine Marvel would want some of those shitty Spider-man costumes running around. Done professionally, the costume characters could add a lot of atmosphere to the Boulevard. The way it was was just an eyesore.
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