I try to write about Canada as little as humanly possible. But today, I have good reason to. In Toronto, for the last year, the all-girl Pillow Fight League, which is like the WWF crossed with a slumber party, has become a big draw. The concept is very simple. Girls take on different personas and engage in unsimulated pillow fighting in front of large crowds. The league, created by musician Stacey Case, was conceived of when a pillow fight broke out at one of his concerts. The PFL features 22 fighters including Lynn Somnia, who comes to the ring in her sleep deprivation gown, Betty Clock’er who brings a plates of cookies to the ring with her and Boozy Suzie, a raging alcoholic. Unlike the WWF, all the action inside the ring is real. The girls are actually getting pummeled with pillows. According to a Reuters story Tuesday, the PFL has become so popular in Toronto, that the league is expanding to New York City. Stacey Case is also getting offers to televize the PFL and he’s even turned down a few because he didn’t feel they would capture the league’s commitment to Toronto’s art community. Art community? This is pillow fighting, guy, not the opera. I think I may have to check this out in New York.
•Reuters: No Softies in Canada’s PFL