This What Would Jesus Buy? movie looks so cool! From it’s Wikipedia page:
“The film focuses on the issues of the commercialization of Christmas, materialism, the over-consumption in American culture, globalization, and the business practices of large corporations, as well as their economic and cultural effects on American society, as seen through the prism of activist/performance artist Bill Talen, who goes by the alias of “Reverend Billy,” and his troupe of activists, whose street theater performances take the form of a church choir called “The Church of Stop Shopping,” that sings anti-shopping and anti-corporate songs. The film follows Billy and his choir as they take a cross-country trip in the month prior to Christmas 2005, and spread their message against what they perceive as the evils of patronizing the retail outlets of several different large corporate chains.”
Several years ago I saw a short documentary on Reverend Billy. If you’re not familiar with him, he’s a performance artist who dresses up as a preacher and takes crucified Mickey Mouses to the mall to preach against consumerism, amongst other activism. I think he’s adorable.
I’m already annoyed by the consumerism of this year’s Christmas so I’m really looking forward to seeing this movie.
Posted by Vixen as Activism at 11:05 PM CST