Things got worse by the Toys "R" Us store, where there was competition from a Mickey and Minnie, two Super Marios, a SpongeBob, another Elmo and a sad-looking Hello Kitty.

WSJ: Getting Into a Character

In the wake of the latest arrest, the bustling "Crossroads of the World" was filled Tuesday with performers, including multiple versions of Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Hello Kitty, a Transformer robot, Lady Liberty, Super Mario and Elmo.

NPR: Cookie Monster, Elmo Get In Times Square Trouble

Standout pieces include a series of faux pre-Columbian clay sculptures featuring Mickey and Minnie Mouse and other Disney characters by Nadin Ospina and a time-lapse video by Juan Manuel Echavarria documenting the decay of a fine porcelain plate into a pile of white powder that looks suspiciously like cocaine.

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Made of unbleached muslin that's been printed with obnoxious imagery (for instance: Mickey Mouse and Minnie in flagrante) and using Russian Constructivist colors of red and black they are sewn inside-out, with exposed seam allowances unfinished and fraying.

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