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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Gonzo political activists Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno aka the Yes
Men will appear at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Wednesday, October 28 to
introduce a screening of their award-winning documentary <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>The Yes Men Fix the World</span></b> and lead Q&A
with the audience after the film. The program starts at 7:00 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The Yes Men Fix the World</span></font></b>,
which opens at the Coolidge on Friday, October 23, is a hilarious screwball
film that tells how the Yes Men, posing as top executives of giant
corporations, manage to get themselves invited to high-level corporate
conferences and media events, where they pull off outrageous pranks that unmask
human rights abuses and global injustice. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Bichlbaum and Bonanno squeeze raucous comedy out of the many ways that
corporate greed is destroying the planet. In one of their greatest pranks, the
Yes Men, pretending to be spokespeople for Dow Chemical, announce that Dow will
at last take complete responsibility for the thousands of victims of the 1984
toxic gas disaster at a Union Carbide plant in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Bhopal</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>
– the largest industrial accident in history. Their mea culpa creates a
media sensation that embarrasses the powers at Dow, which bought Union Carbide
in 2001. Impersonating Exxon spokesmen at an energy conference in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>, the Yes
Men pass out candles made of Vivoleum, a new, foul-smelling biofuel supposedly
made from climate change victims. And outfitted in their wacky SurvivaBall
getups (huge inflatable orbs “designed to protect the corporate manager
no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way”), the Yes Men address
a room full of insurance representatives. The straight-laced execs don’t
think there is anything ironic about going to insane lengths to assure
one’s personal safety in the event of any and all calamities, and line up
to take the Yes Men’s fake business cards.<br>
<br>
Borat meets Michael Moore in this gut-busting wake-up call that proves a little
imagination can go a long way towards vanquishing the Cult of Greed. Who knew
fixing the world could be so much fun?<br>
<br>
Tickets to the October 28 presentation of The Yes Men Fix the World with
Bichlbaum and Bonanno, and other screenings of the film at the Coolidge, are
available online at www.coolidge.org or at the Coolidge box office, located at <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">290 Harvard Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Brookline</st1:place></st1:City>.
For more information, visit the web site or call 617/734-2500.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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