Reverend Billy: The
Church of Stop Shopping
The Reverend Billy wants you to stop shopping! Reverend Billy,
a.k.a. Bill Talen, is an actor/performance artist and a leading figure in
the anti-globalization movement. His work combines the forces of social and
political change with the means of theatre arts to counteract our media culture.
His artistic and political work is influenced by various concepts of "street
theater." His disruptions or "shopping interventions" in public
spaces—like Starbucks or Wal-Mart—are in the tradition of the Living
Theater, Lenny Bruce, and The Yippies.
