The Yes Men are Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum who, along with a largely unnamed army of helpers, stage politically-charged pranks meant to reveal the greed and hypocrisy of a market-driven culture. The two are stars of a new film called The Yes Men Fix the World, in which they document the political and corporate hacks they've staged.
And they've staged some doozies, the latest of which saw The Yes Men hit with a lawsuit by the US Chamber of Commerce after hosting a fake press conference in Washington, DC, where they posed as Chamber representatives and said the business group was reversing its controversial stance on climate change legislation.
The stunt was nothing compared to what's probably The Yes Men's best-known action: posing in 2004 on the BBC as representatives from Dow Chemical and taking full responsibility for the Union Carbide tragedy in Bhopal, India — one of the world's worst industrial disasters. Dow quickly denied the story, but the company's stock took a $2 billion hit.
The Chamber and Dow episodes are just two of the hilarious and thought-provoking moments in The Yes Men Fix the World, a fascinating, funny and inspiring film. We can only imagine how the Chamber of Commerce situation will play out in their next movie.
Despite a very busy week lawsuit and film opening, Tonic caught up with Mike Bonanno for a quick interview as he drove from Maine to Boston.
Read the full interview on Tonic:
http://www.tonic.com/article/the-yes-men/
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These guys truly have balls. Let's hope they don't get "black-bagged" or anything for their stunts.
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- Timmyeatworld
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i'll say it again... i love these guys
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- RaceBannon
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The world needs more people like this, but I also hope they don't take their actions too far.
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- lolitanimatronic
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LMAO.. the Haliburton Survival Ball !
Off the charts..
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The Haliburton Survival Ball ! lmao
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Should news outlets be aloud to post theirs stories here?
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The Yes Men Kick Ass!
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with all the money that is lost cause of their pranks, im shocked they havent been put away or sued up the whazooo.. they must really know what they're doing. Intelligent pranksters. I love it.
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ha these guys are the bomb
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- Manatee_man
- 10 days ago
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Why is this movie so hard to find? Wider release would have been cool...
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- lordsbassman
- 10 days ago
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My Heros!!!
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- EdJoyProductions
- 10 days ago
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I met Mike Bonanno in Portland Maine at the showing of the film there at Space Gallery! He hung around with people for a bit after the show, and then after he got out spent a lot of time on his cell phone standing outside of the gallery talking about these things in the interview.
I witnessed this interview take place. Wild.
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i love humans with BALLS... i will be watching and buying this movie
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A brilliant way of using mass media against it's profitiers. They need to continue these efforts or atleast get some copycats. It would make this world a better place.
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- Ryan_McNeely
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