October 28, 2024

By E.J. Dickson

Photo: Sinna Nasseri

It’s 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, and I’m wheezing and puffing down Greene Street, trying to catch up with a phalanx of wan, floppy-haired 20-something men competing for $50 and a Party City trophy. We’re racing to the second location of the Timothée Chalamet lookalike competition, which went viral last month after sparse fliers advertising the event started showing up downtown. Despite the lack of detail — a Partiful event advertised the location as “the Washington Square Park arch,” and none of the organizers would identify themselves — more than 2,500 people RSVP'd. There are at least five times that many in attendance on Sunday — influencers, reporters, and blonde zoomers with curtain bangs, all clamoring to talk to a guy dressed as Chalamet in Wonka and handing out Snickers bars.

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