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DESCRIPTION:"Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping"\n- an award winning 
 documentary film by German director Dietmar Post plays for one night only 
 at the Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco. 
 http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/11/1658885.php\n\nThe film, made in 2002, 
 follows Reverend Billy on his unique form of anti-globalization civil 
 disobedience -- "shopping interventions" -- in New York City.  \n\nA 
 "permitless parade" led by two men bearing aluminum crucifixes with large 
 Mickey and Minnie Mouse dolls duct-taped to them converges on the Disney 
 Store in Times Square. In a convincing Jimmy Swaggart imitation, Reverend 
 Billy exhorts the sinners/shoppers against evil consumerism with rousing 
 Hallelujahs and call-and-responses. The preach-in includes hiding a 
 cassette player spouting anti-shopping speech behind the toys. "We believe 
 in the God that people who do not believe in God believe in." says he. 
 Hilarious, effective, and of course ending in arrests.\n\nAt a Starbucks 
 adventure he applies orange stickers to Starbucks logos to replace the 
 mermaid's missing nipples. At Edgar Allen Poe's house in Greenwich Village, 
 dressed as giant Ravens, they lurk in the construction scaffolding to 
 recite Poe's famous poem to save the his historic house. His actions 
 involve Artists, pranksters, and activists--among them, the Surveillance 
 Camera Players leading group addresses to  streetlamp cameras, and labor 
 advocates delivering fiery lectures on Central American 
 sweatshops.\n\n\nBill Talen, in a previous incarnation was a performance 
 artist in SF. As Reverend Billy he has re-energized street performance in 
 New York, and his allure draws a near-cult following that almost emulates 
 the televangelists he is imitating. http://revbilly.com/index.php \n\nThe 
 Red Vic theater is now in its 26th year a a collectively run house 
 screening independent films. So yes--you can go to the movies without 
 spending your money on evil corporations! Hallelujah!\n\nRed Vic Movie 
 House 1727 Haight St. (near Cole) SF 668-3994 
 http://www.redvicmoviehouse.com/\nWednesday November 12 - 2pm matinee, 7:15 
 and 9:15pm\nAdults $6.50, Senior/disabled/children $3, matinee $4.50\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27123.php
SUMMARY:Film "Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping" at Red Vic
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URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/27123.php
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