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The Yes Man Fix the World
*Yes man is a noun meaning “someone who agrees with everything the
boss says, even if it's demented, cruel, absurd, or just stupid”. WEBSITE
"While the subject of corporate greed and malfeasance is depressing, there's something tonic about the impudent laughter this engaging documentary provokes." - Hollywood Reporter "The Yes Men Fix the World is funny and entertaining, but also extremely poignant and timely." - The Film Lot SYNOPSIS Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are "The Yes Men", two guys who combine political activism, performance art and the love of a good prank in the name of demanding the private sector take responsibility for the damage it's done to the world and its people. Bichlbaum and Bonanno specialize in setting up realistic looking mock web sites that claim to represent famous and powerful multi-national corporations, and when they're contacted to speak on the companies' behalf, they deliver absurd satirical presentations that sometimes fool their audiences into believing they've seen the real thing. The exploits of Bichlbaum and Bonanno were chronicled in the 2003 documentary The Yes Men, and their further adventures have spawned a second film, The Yes Men Fix The World, which follows the radical pranksters as they claim responsibility for a major environmental disaster in Bhopal on European television, demonstrate a new corporate rescue orb, "defend" corporate interests in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and publish a mock edition of The New York Times that declares the end of the war in Iraq.
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THE YES MAN FIX THE WORLD*