I’ve seen all kinds of stunts being pulled to “raise awareness” for all kinds of causes, and they all pretty much boil down to “well, if we talk about this enough, maybe the problem will go away”. No matter how clever you are in dressing suitably thin Black and Asian actors in rags, cosmetic clay and dog food, it’s not the same as actual footage of the real thing, and people pretty much change the channel when *that* comes on. A “living newspaper” troupe (which is what this sounds like) would be mostly preaching to the choir on the “unpleasant” news, while gradually being forced to do encores on their “Death of Michael Jackson” or “Tribute to Princess Di” simply to make expenses. That is, unless they would like to pander to voyeuristic spectacles of others’ misery…

Again, her heart’s in the right place, but I’d like to see that prize going to someone who might actually come up with viable (and I’m not even talking ‘sustainable’, just something that works, preferably quickly) solutions to problems.

I uploaded English subtitles to test.

I can see how history-based video games were inspirational. I’ve seen some interesting simulations with them.

Hard to think of LARP without thinking of Role Models…

Ahem. RTFA. Thank you.

Nah. This is a cool idea. Move it from the back yard into the public view and you’d open a lot of eyes. I’m picturing a scene with people digging for blood diamonds set up next to Zales.