[Excerpt] ... Teh Internet is Serious Business tells their journey from lonely under-stimulated teens to CIA most-wanted lists.
The first half is a live reenactment of a forum discussion between
elite hackers (including Tflow and Topiary) on 4chan, that dark corner
of the internet where infantile stupidity parties till the wee hours
with nerdy super-intelligence. In 4chan, the only rule is a
puritanically enforced anarchy. Users are devoted to an amoral
mickey-taking that takes no prisoners – one moment they’re trolling a
dead girl’s Facebook memorial page, the next they’re mocking the
Westboro Baptist Church for being bigots. All in pursuit of lulz (like
LOLs, as in “laugh out loud”).
When the hackers realise it’s more fun targeting corporations and
despotic regimes, their mischief acquires a political edge. Lulzsec and
Anonymous are formed and soon enough, the law comes a-knocking. ... [End of Excerpt]
Read the complete review of the play at City A.M.
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