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Boy George
The sanitation department of Manhattan's lower east side will never have a cleaner car park. A stocky, shaven-headed figure in a high-visibility orange vest spent much of yesterday sweeping up dust, leaves and litter in the yard of the scruffy municipal rubbish depot.
He was good at it. But then Boy George had an audience; his every stroke was being watched and commented upon by a crowd of reporters, passersby, and a handful of very faithful fans. Wielding a broom and a bin, the 1980s pop star and one-time international style icon was tasting punishment, New York style, for wasting police time. The judge deemed sweeping the streets a suitable "exercise in humiliation or in humility", though initial indications suggested this was proving a challenge for the singer.
He was good at it. But then Boy George had an audience; his every stroke was being watched and commented upon by a crowd of reporters, passersby, and a handful of very faithful fans. Wielding a broom and a bin, the 1980s pop star and one-time international style icon was tasting punishment, New York style, for wasting police time. The judge deemed sweeping the streets a suitable "exercise in humiliation or in humility", though initial indications suggested this was proving a challenge for the singer.
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