10 Responses to “Superman and Batman nabbed in Times Sq.”

1. Torsten Adair Says:
   07/10/09 at 1:01 pm

   Recommended viewing:
   Confessions of a Superhero

   I’ve noticed the costumed characters on the corner of 42nd and Seventh, and hope Times Square doesn’t turn into Hollywood & Vine.

   While the perps deny it, I suspect they were posing for photographs and tips, and that the NYPD was enforcing the costume law at the suggestion of either the Times Square Alliance, or the copyright/trademark owners.

   Also, NYC has a law regulating costumed performers (as mentioned in the article) as well as a law prohibiting the wearing of masks (enforced when the Ku Klux Klan tried to march downtown a few years ago).

   Of course, enforcement of these laws is the responsibility of the NYPD. I doubt there will be a dragnet of cosplayers as they leave the Javits Center.

   Bigger question: what constitutes a costume? If I dress up as a 1920s gangster and pose for tourists in Little Italy, can I be arrested?

2. Terry Says:
   07/10/09 at 3:04 pm

   Is that what Dick Grayson looks like now?

3. tekende Says:
   07/10/09 at 3:26 pm

   Hey, maybe if the cops would just leave people who aren’t doing anything wrong alone, things like this wouldn’t happen! What a novel idea!

4. El Santo Says:
   07/10/09 at 3:35 pm

   Except, tekende, according to the law, they were doing something wrong.

5. tekende Says:
   07/10/09 at 4:09 pm

   Oh no, they were wearing costumes! How insidious! How could they hurt so many people by dressing in an unusual way?! Why, they deserve to be thrown in a dungeon for the rest of their lives!

6. austinspace Says:
   07/10/09 at 5:24 pm

   I used to have snowboots just like those!

7. Steve Says:
   07/10/09 at 6:25 pm

   Isn’t that Brüno?

8. horatio weisfeld Says:
   07/10/09 at 9:19 pm

   Yes, It’s Bruno.

9. Jason A. Quest Says:
   07/11/09 at 8:35 am

   Batman unmasked, in cuffs, and looking up longingly is now the wallpaper on my iPod Touch. :sigh:

10. Steve Taylor Says:
    07/11/09 at 12:35 pm

    It’s not a costume. It’s an action uniform. Sheesh.

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