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LIKE_CHILD_MAN

                                             January 15, 2009
                                             February 9, 2009


In 1917 or so, Anna Alice Chapin
rhapsodized about Greenwich
Village hipsters indulging in         ACT_ONE
the child-like impulse toward                      A case of
play-acting and "let's pretend".                   neoteny:
                                                   the retention
                                                   of childish
                                                   characteristics.
                        Consider Burning Man
                        as an outlet for              Mickey Mouse evoved
                        play-acting?                  from a rat-like look
                                                      to a big eyed baby
                                                      via the addition of
                                                      droopy drawers to
                                                      shorten the legs.

                                                             Is this what's
                                                             behind the
                                                             gangsta-look?

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