Monday, September 6, 2010
YES MEN FIX THE WORLD
(NR) 96min
Jan 12 - 14, 6:00 and 8:00
Pranksters Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum return with another series of performance-art-as-antiglobalization-activism pieces in their new film. In their first outing, the Yes Men presented themselves as representatives of the World Trade Organization and publicly made outrageous and false claims against the stated policies of the group, and nobody caught on. This time around, one of their ruses is they present themselves as spokespeople for Dow Chemical and report on live BBC television that Dow will finally clean up the largest industrial accident in history, the Bhopal pesticide catastrophe, which has never been responsibly dealt with. People worldwide cheer and Dow’s stock value plummets before the mischief is discovered. Their sincere, socially progressive acts are nervy, the delayed reactions, or lack of them, are outrageously funny, and their hope for change is honorable.