It’s a Living: Acting Like a Freak and Getting Shot

Customers pay to shoot paint balls at a young man in full pads, scurrying around a vacant lot. Jose said he picked up the job right away. His twin brother, Eric Pico, also works as a freak there, and helped train him. »It’s not that hard,« Jose said on Wednesday. »You run around and act freaky so people will want to shoot you more. Not much to learn.«

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