Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are two guys who just can’t take “no” for an answer.
They have an unusual hobby: posing as top executives of corporations they hate. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits, the Yes Men lie their way into business conferences and parody their corporate targets in ever more extreme ways – basically doing everything that they can to wake up their audiences to the danger of letting greed run our world.
The Yes Men Fix The World highlights their pranks as the Yes Men apologize for the Bhopal disaster on the BBC, “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. This gut-busting wake-up call that proves a little imagination can go a long way towards vanquishing the “Cult of Greed”. Who knew fixing the world could be so much fun?
• Cinema Politica will screen The Yes Men Fix The World on Thursday, Jan. 19 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Maple Ridge municipal hall, 11995 Haney Place. Admission is free. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
