The Yes Men – Cutting the Corporate Crap – Apr. 12, 2006

Awareness Video Night Weds. April 12: ” The Yes Men – Cutting the Corporate Crap”. This film follows a couple of anti-corporate activist-pranksters as they impersonate World Trade Organization spokesmen on TV and at business conferences around the world. The story follows Andy and Mike from their beginnings with GWBush.com and on to their tasteless parody of the WTO website. Some visitors to the site don’t realize that the site is a fake and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. 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 satire on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don’t notice the joke and seem to accept the goofy ideas the two come up with. This hilarious documentary was the feature film at the recent Courtenay Film Fest. 7 p.m. Edward Milne Community School Theatre 6218 Sooke Rd. in Sooke. By donation.

More info at http://www.theyesmen.org