Word: starchild
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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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