Hollywood Boulevard hotbed of agressively begging Characters

Oh my. Just... oh my.

Mr. Harper, the 40-year-old Elmo, says he was set up by the cops. But upon returning to his spot a day after his arrest, he conceded that things are tense these days among the characters, who form cliques and alliances to defend their turf and make money. Mr. Harper, for example, says his Elmo is a foe of Batman and Superman, but in cahoots with Mr. Incredible, SpongeBob SquarePants and at least one of the half-dozen Spider-Men who prowl the street.

It's pretty interesting, as a snapshot of an unusual (employment) subculture. But still, oh my.

via The Slumbering Lungfish.