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This Year's Halloween Costumes and their Spooky Stereotyping

You want scary? How about a return to the '50s?

Hey, does it look like we're still in Kansas?
Richard B. Levine
Hey, does it look like we're still in Kansas?

We pass quickly by the stuff meant for people who want to signify that they know it's Halloween while making as little effort as possible—a red T-shirt that says "Devil"; a set of cat ears—and stop to admire a black pinstriped gangster suit. Does it come with the machine gun in the picture? "Oh, no," Kenig says, reminding me of the New York City law that makes selling a toy gun that looks like a real gun illegal; it has to be painted a frankly fake color.

OK, perfect! I think. Even the toughest gangster will have to pack a pink gun.

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