Round 3: Tossup 18

Note to players: In this question, the word “attire” refers to a set of full-body clothing, like a graduation cap and gown. A gang of knife-wielding boys chase and stab a man in this attire in the opening of Elia Suleiman’s film Divine Intervention. In another film, a man dressed in this attire is stunned when an old woman says, “let me fix you some sandwiches.” This attire is central to a film series in which a man shoots a guy on the street and laughs after shrieking the phrase “garbage day!” A technique (15[1])used by Eddie Egan inspired a scene in which a character dressed in this attire asks a criminal about “picking [his] (*) feet” in Poughkeepsie (“puh-KIP-see”). An encounter with a murderous hitchhiker dressed in this attire leads the protagonist of a slasher film to commit similar crimes, such as impaling his babysitter on a taxidermied animal. “Popeye” Doyle wears this attire in the opening chase of The French Connection. In a 2003 comedy conceived by the Coen brothers, an alcoholic thief dons this attire to con shopping malls. For 10 points, name this attire (10[1])worn by the protagonist of Silent Night, Deadly Night. ■END■

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