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The Reverend Billy is a revivalist preacher who leads the Church of Stop Shopping, an anticonsumerist communion devoted to putting the odd into God. Created by the actor Bill Talen, the Reverend first appeared alongside the sidewalk preachers in New York's Times Square during the Giuliani years, bringing his new post-religious theology to eager crowds. Now Reverend Billy has a cult following across the country and was recently featured in a profile in the New York Times Magazine . In these pages we go inside the Disney Store on 42nd Street ("the high church of retail") to witness staged dramas against consumerism that employ eight hundred Disney characters with their "reeling eyeballs and sky-cracking grins" as the mise-en-scène. We encounter the icon-twisting logic of credit card exorcism performed in front of astonished tourists and listen to a gospel choir made up of "recovered preachers' kids" singing anti-Starbucks anthems at the cash register of the $5 latte. We watch as the defense of a community garden is turned into an Off-Broadway hit and join with the Reverend as he preaches love and peace to the crowds that gathered spontaneously in Union Square after the attacks of September 11.

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Publisher
The New Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1565848241
ISBN-13
9781565848245
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2739084

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
What Should I Do if Reverend Billy Is in My Store?
Publication Year
2003
Subject
Business Ethics, Consumer Behavior, Commerce, Economics / General
Subject Area
Business & Economics
Author
Bill Talen
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11.5 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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LCCN
2003-054100
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"The collar is fake but the calling is real." - The Village Voice "A mind-bending blend of street theater, political grandstanding, and performance art. . . . Talen's act has made him something of a media darling." - San Francisco Chronicle "The zeal of a street-corner preacher and the schmaltz of a street-corner Santa." - The New York Times "It's a funny rant against developers and supermodels and everything that feeds off authentic humanness. But there's a potent, delicious kernel of truth here." - Los Angeles Times
Target Audience
Trade
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
178
Lc Classification Number
Hc110.C6b54 2003
Copyright Date
2003

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