Halloween Costumes – A Cultural Commentary

The Halloween costumes that revelers choose provides an interesting snapshot into what is hot and famous (or notorious. Look to the headlines and chances are, they will be someone’s inspiration for a Halloween costume.

There are the perennials: ghosts and skeletons, the Wizard of Oz characters, and so on. But Halloween allows people to pay tribute (or criticize) their favorite generator of box office revenue.

So, who’s hot this year?

Michael Jackson certainly comes to mind. So are the Zombie characters.

Dressing up as your most detested figure in the news is a way of expressing your opinion. So I would not be surprised to see Bernie Madoff walking around, too. Perhaps in prison attire?

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