Read Michael Brick's Halloweens Pass:
The old-timers watched Halloween from the stoops, and laughter rose above the other noises. Batman came with a Superman bag. A tiny cheerleader posed, then walked away without her candy. A teenage boy in a suit with an unlit cigar led a group of cross-dressing boys down the block, ordering them into the photo booth.
"No touching my women," the boy said, only he used a different word. Sylvester the Cat was freed from his stroller for a turn in the booth, where he dropped his chocolate. Few, if any, of the children chose coins.
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