Word: starchild
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...Donnell, Stanley's presence was a boon. By the time the show closed on Saturday evening, roughly three dozen works of art had sold, including a $10,000 bronze sculpture to a longtime Wentworth client who had never before acquired a piece by the artist formerly known as Starchild. Despite prevailing concerns about the flaccid economy, it had been a very good day. Stanley, however, says the rewards are more than monetary. "I like the idea that the snobbism is taken out of it here," he observes, as shaggy-haired guys in rhinestone-encrusted Kiss shirts sip wine and gaze...
During his time on the street, Marshall met and learned about Peter, Starchild and Bill, the three main protagonists in the student's recently completed 25-minute documentary film about the area's homeless, entitled "On The Street." Starchild is a leather-jacketed punk in his early twenties, who ran away from home when he was 14 years old. Peter is a schizophrenic. And Bill is an alcoholic who lives on the street with his wife...
...film introduces Starchild strolling along Mass Ave singing "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" in a loud, defiant voice. In another vivid scene, Starchild is shown meticulously shaving his head with a straight razor, explaining that since he has no wife he has to do the job himself...
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