'Yes Men' punk big business
di Robert Abele The Los Angeles Times
Fleet and amusing, "The Yes Men Fix the World" is a self-chronicled rundown of the corporation-shaming Trojan horse antics of anti-globalization pranksters Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, who were previously shadowed for the 2004 documentary "The Yes Men." (The pair co-directed the follow-up.) Using fake websites they create, the goal is to get invited to public forums as stand-ins for established, malfeasant companies and propagate inherently crazy ideas that expose their targets' insatiable thirst for profit, whether a new candle made from a dying Exxon employee (called "vivoleum"), or a "Sleeper"-reminiscent, wearable bubble pod for post-disaster scenarios called the Survivaball. [...]
di Robert Abele, articolo completo (2102 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 6 novembre 2009