The Gods of shopping: a pair of parodists take aim at the hijacking of religion. (Performance Art).

IT IS NO SECRET THAT SHOPPING and religion are close relatives in America--money is God, God is heavily marketed, and then there's "Christian rock"--but it sure does help to be reminded sometimes. Not surprisingly, neither advertiser-driven media nor religious leaders like to make the connection. But every once in a while, out along the edges, someone else does to great effect, usually by satirizing self-appointed spiritual leaders whose God keeps telling them to solicit our cash and buy themselves a really fancy house.

One of the latest such entries, Mrs. Betty ...

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