[Marxism] The Yes Men movie

[Mike Feldman <mr.feldman@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://theyesmen.org/movie/

The Yes Men, a movie, follows a couple of anti-corporate
activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization
spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world. (Click
here for official movie site, here for the trailer, and here for some
articles about it.)

The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com,
and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO's website. Some visitors
don't notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant
for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find
themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.

Delighted to speak for the organization they oppose, Andy and Mike don
thrift-store suits and set out to shock their unwitting audiences with
darkly comic satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don't
notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can
come up with.

Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy take a
whole new approach for one final lecture.

The Yes Men is directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith,
whose previous credits include the 1999 Sundance Winner "American
Movie." It is being released by United Artists on September 24.

Theaters opening dates and places:

Sept 24:

New York: Landmark Sunshine, Loews Lincoln Square
LA: Pacific ArcLight, Laemmle Monica (Santa Monica)
Oct 1:

Philadelphia: POSL Ritz,
Voorhees, NJ: POSL Ritz
Boston: Loews Copley Place
Cambridge: Landmark Kendall Sq
DC: Landmark E Street
Bethesda MD: Landmark Bethesda Row
Chicago: Landmark Century Shopping Centre
Evanston: Century Evanston
SF: Landmark Embarcadero
Seattle: Landmark Harvard Exit
San Diego: Landmark Hillcrest
Toronto: Cineplex, Varsity
If the box office returns for the above are sufficient, The Yes Men
will then move into the "red" states.

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