The Yes Men Fix The World
Sometimes it takes a lie to expose the truth.
“What we do is pass ourselves off as representatives of big corporations we don’t like,” Mr. Bonanno cheerfully explains at the beginning of the film. “We make fake Web sites, then wait for people to accidentally invite us to conferences.”
They draw attention to the climatic catastrophe, to environmental injuries and the negative effects of globalization. As alleged representatives of business and government, the two US political activists, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, are invited to international congresses, where they hold absurd-comic presentations and speeches. But the laughter is gets stuck in your throat when you realize that the protagonists’ mad suggestions are taken by many congress participants and businessmen at face value …
