If it's April, it's time our little neighborhood swells by thousands for the Tribeca Film Festival.
I remember my first year in the neighborhood and how impressed I was with the street festival that ran along Greenwich Street the second weekend. All the major films had tents with information and promotions. There were street artists, entertainment stages and all of the restaurants along Greenwich Street had outdoor takeaway food stands. Really great stuff.
But a few years ago, they changed their theme from "Film" to "Family". Now the street festival is billed as the Family Festival. So, in comes the strollers and thousands of kids and parents and all the clowns and messy craft stands; sticky candy and painted faces, games, crap after crap after crap all for "the kids".
I don't understand what an adult film festival has to do with kids and families. Huh? What used to feel like "Cannes" now feels like a bad tailgate party in the parking lot of Disney.
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