Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Yes Men

I saw the craziest film on DVD yesterday called The Yes Men. This documentary follows two crazy men who impersonate WTO officials at conferences and on Television News shows. Once they have gotten invited to speak then they say and do outlandish things that no sane person would say or do in public -- usually with some outlandish stunt in it to see if the audiance finally gets that they are not the WTO. The amazing thing is that the only time anyone calles them on it during the film is at a presentation for college students. The way that their con works is that they set up a website that looks like the real one but has a slightly different address from the real one. Then they wait for people to contact them. In their correspondence with anyone that contacts them, they will give them anwers that the WTO would have given, hoping that at some point they will be given invites to speak at a Confrence or News Event publicly. Then they spring their stunt with props and powerpoint graphics.

Yes Men
Photo Credit: Yes Men Promo


Related:
The Yes Men
The Yes Men Movie
Rotten Tomatoes: Yes Men

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