When actor Bill Talen was slapped with $10,000 in fines last week for sticking up leaflets advertising his show, you almost had to wonder whether city authorities don't have a sense of humor after all, albeit a cruel one. Call it an exercise in poetic injustice, but the irony was sharp enough to cut through NYPD plastic handcuffs. The day before cops arrived at Talen's door with 100 pink summonses demanding $100 each, he had taken to stage and street as the charismatic Reverend Billy to rail against the humongous corporate advertisements that bombard city neighborhoods, assailing us with "involuntary entertainment" and setting off a "consumer... More >>>