>It is popular among wealthy Russians to go out on the street dressed as a
>homeless person or street prositute (thay actually pay companies tens of
>thousands of dollars to arrange this). My question is, is this just some
>bizarro New Russian thing, or is it practiced elsewhere? I have never heard
>of it in the West.
I recall previews for a movie in which Howard Hughes was picked up hitchhiking. The story was supposed to be an account of how a Hughes will came into being.