Derek’s SL Report (English Edition)

Last weekend marked a big event for SL’s “Act Up Theatre Group”. Their “Potpourri of One Acts” was performed during the Second Pride 2007 Festival and, despite some minor problems with sound streaming, all three shows were a great success.

Now we, the SL audience, finally know all about how our beloved virtual world came into being and what 80s fan-favourites Beavis and Butthead are doing nowadays.

“Genesis”, the story about the creation of Second Life, tells it all: why humans with cat ears and cat tails are running around in our new world, how furries and tinies were created, and why tech support is the Linden gods’ final gift to us users.

After an interesting monologue by Lauren Weyland on the hazards of SL sex and poseballs in general, there came another highlight:

“One Little Indian Boi”, a crime noir pulp fiction mixture inspired in equal parts by ordinary SL kinkiness, Inspector Clouseau, Tex Avery’s Droopy, and the Village People of YMCA fame, enlightened us about the potential risks of using a seemingly harmless eXCITE Sex Toy.

But never fear, the culprit was apprehended and himself accidentally disintegrated by his fiendish contraption. We won’t give away who it was but hey, hint: Look what the play is called!

After all these very SL related plays and monologues came a play appealing to more sophisticated users in SL. “The Thinkerer”, a new take on Aesop’s fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”, told a short but very entertaining tale about the value of finding a moral in doing one of those very senseless human things we all love to watch: racing!

The shows concluded with lots of applause once the audience located the F2 key on their keyboards. I was asked to thank all those who attended and especially those who contributed generously into the tip jar and thus laid the groundwork for more shows to be produced in the upcoming months. You were a great audience!

See you at the next show!

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