He is concerned about surveillance cameras invading personal privacy on public streets. But this privacy issue has drawn little public attention since the city government first installed cameras in New York City's parks and subways three years ago. At first there were some newspaper articles and community board meetings about the surveillance cameras. But since then they have virtually disappeared from public discussion. People have acquiesced to the idea of the cameras.
People get upset over something as obscure as Internet cookies .
In one recent performance, Brown and two other players stand outside of St. Patrick's Cathedral while a Sunday Mass is letting out. The performance was arranged because a French television station is profiling the Surveillance Camera Players, and throughout the performance a cameraman hovers around the players. The skit starts with the players all pointing toward the surveillance camera hanging from a light post outside of the cathedral. The players mock the cameras by kneeling and praying to the cameras. A crowd of pedestrians and churchgoers stop and look at the performance.