“The person in front of the room launches into a completely impromptu talk from a PowerPoint slide deck she has never seen before. The results are openly, gleefully absurd.”

An article in the Boston Globe covers the latest cultural heritage innovation. Well, okay, the latest fad in pub entertainment. That’s cultural heritage, no? Anyway, it’s a brilliant idea. Instead of banning PowerPoint — the Death Eater of the software world — we can call it into the service of the sacred art of satire. Impromtu exegesis on random PP slides is an idea of sheer genius, proving once again that a few well-placed beers can do great things.

“Of all the loathed tools of office oppression, PowerPoint is probably Public Enemy No. 1. Its critics liken it to a Procrustean bed for ideas, one that dilutes real passion and innovation into an endless stream of bullet points. Anyone who doubts that PowerPoint can suck the life out of even the most inspiring talk can check out the hilariously banal PowerPoint version of the Gettysburg Address (norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm).