The heroes who stand around Chinese Mann’s Theatre in Hollywood Blvd waiting for photo ops, filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims that the super heroes are being unfairly targeted by the cops. The city is arguing that they consider the masked men and women as aggressive panhandlers that causes tense situation for the tourists. I see these cosplayers everytime I go to the Kodak Theatre and they do ask for money for every photo op. While most of them are cool, some are sneaky and ask for money after the picture is taken. There are other street performers in that area and they don’t get arrested but it’s because they don’t aggressively ask for money. They just have a bucket where people can donate.
Batman arrested:
Yesterday, superheroes like the White Ranger and Batman were outside the LA courthouse demonstrating the unfair treatment. The LAPD claims it just wants the area to be tourist friendly and they’ll arrest anymore who is overly aggressive when it comes to donations, not just the superheroes.
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ccfmds
Sep 1, 2010 -
There’s a good documentary about these guys called Confessions of a Superhero. Everyone should check it out.
Reboot
Sep 4, 2010 -
ive seen that movie, very good movie, ive met batman and superman.
I dont think the city is being fair with these performers, its common knowledge that one of the main reasons people go to hollywood is to see these performer, Hollywood Blvd without the superheros is just gonna be missing that “thing”.
Cricket
Sep 6, 2010 -
@ Reboot,
That’s a good point. I was in Downtown Vegas over the weekend and the tourists were all over the costumed performers.
If they haven’t done it already, maybe Hollywood needs to start having business licenses for these performers so they can control them better.