Mexico City’s busiest park is host to all sorts of street performers, vendors, buskers, and hustlers. Our favorite group is this ragtag family of kids who dress up in bootleg costumes of famous characters.LAURA
Laura and some of her performers
OMAR AND JAVIERVice: Hi Omar, how old are you?Omar:Which character do you usually dress up as?How long have you been working here?What’s your cousin’s name?
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That’s pretty far. How long does it take you to get here every day?Can you help us communicate with Javier?Where did you learn sign language?OK. How long have you worked here, Javier?Javier:in improvised sign language to OmarWe have a picture of you as Spiderman.Why?What do you like to do when you’re not working?Down the street I saw some girls hitting on a guy dressed as Elmo. Do you get that often?Can you ask Javier if it gets very hot inside the costume?Are you in school, Omar? Do you want to keep working here?Do you wonder what becomes of the pictures in which you appear?
MIGUELVice: Tell us about yourself.Miguel:When we were here taking photos for the magazine, someone else was wearing the Elmo costume.How long have you been working here?How do you make people laugh?Are you in school?Where is your father?How long did it take him to get to Los Angeles?What was in his bag when he left?Didn’t he take any pictures of your family?What do you do in your free time?La Central de Abastos.Do you have a girlfriend?Would you act that way without wearing a mask?
JESÚSVice: Have you seen Shrek around? A little guy, like ten years old, chubby, with orange hair?Jesús:Really? Why did he stop coming?How long have you been working here?Are you in school right now?But don’t you want to study medicine?What were the pictures of?Which characters have you been?Is there another character that you would like to be?
