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Article: AFFIRMING THE SATIRICAL POSSIBILITIES OF CAPITALISM.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 24, 2004
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Byline: Bob Strauss Film Critic
WHO ARE ``The Yes Men''?
You shall know their works, but not much about the ``who they are'' part, after seeing this humorous, informative and sometimes brain-stumping documentary.
The Yes Men are, apparently, a loose collective of young men who stage elaborate frauds as a form of social protest. The movie focuses on two of them, Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, who pretended to be members of the World Trade Organization a few years back. This got them invited to speak on behalf of the big, bad globalization organization by credulous trade groups, business news shows and universities.
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