For those of you who wonder about why cosplay doesn’t seem as big in the United States as it does in Japan, perhaps this article will give you a better idea:
LAPD officers arrested “Star Wars” street performer Frederick Evan Young, 44, of Los Angeles in his furry brown wookiee costume Thursday on a charge of misdemeanor battery for allegedly head-butting a tour guide who complained about Young’s treatment of two visitors from Japan.
I especially liked the title of the article. The article doesn’t mention it, but in my mind’s eye I can see these Japanese tourists making all kinds of requests for Wookie battle poses while they stand in the back and make the V sign.
“You could see in his eyes he was exploding beneath the mask,” Sapir said Friday. “He yelled at me, ‘Nobody tells this wookiee what to do!’ “
Apparently I am not the only one who has the power of the mind’s eye.
More recently, an actor portraying slasher movie favorite Freddie Krueger was taken into custody for allegedly stabbing another man, although no charges were filed.
Note to self: do not ask anyone dressed as Ichigo or Sephiroth to pose with me. I don’t want to get stabbed.
“Things like this happen around Chewbacca all the time. I saw him in a fight with a music vendor. They knocked over a baby stroller,” Fox said.
At least he didn’t stab the baby.
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If you’re ever in this kind of situation, here’s some sound advice:
Let the wookie win.
I’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.
HAHAHA. Everything about this is corny and geeky, yet extremely funny. I did my best not to LOL in class, but my efforts proved to be futile.
Better head-butted by Chewbacca than stabbed by the T-1000, or not? Mickey Mouse would have been worse too. Imagine you’re beat up by a mouse. Of course Disney would have sued the mouse afterwards.
Humm, well, I am just glad Canada is a safer country to live in than the US.
I guess the Japanese called him baka?