the past several sunday nights i have attended paisley beebe's tonite live cable tv show. it feels very much to me like a great medium in its infancy. it is a cable tv talk show filmed in second life that is telecast within sl and available on the web.
here is paisley interviewing alanagh recreant the founder of sl africa who discussed her work to eradicate poverty via enterprise development. she is working within sl to bring an african presence to the world.
then in a bit of turn around is fair play yxes delacroix the producer of tonite live interviewed paisely!
next up was drfran babcock who studies people who live sl in a way that is different than they are in rl such as furries, kitchen appliances, pastries, and of course gender bending. i was a little disappointed because basically she said we can be whatever we want in sl so people do. well, maybe that really is all there is to say on the subject.
the audience at the show is part of the fun. the comments fly and i spent most of the time cracking up. tonite live is definitely worth checking out if you have time.
ETA. i posted this last night and in looking back i want to add that the sl platform itself makes it difficult to produce the show. the normal connectivity problems, lag, and basic instability of the platform make the production of the show technically challenging. as sl improves so will the ability of creative people to make great tv inworld. i see huge huge potential here and so look forward to saying "i was in the audience when tonite live was brand new."
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