Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonano are artists/activists with a special talent for manipulating the media -- this review included, probably. These two guys are the centre of a brilliant documentary called The Yes Men, a film about their exploits in anti-globalization. They pretend to be members of the World Trade Organization, and become known world-wide for impersonating WTO members at international conferences and in important TV debates.
Starting with a satirical Web site that mocked the WTO, The Yes Men became a reality when big cheese conferences on global trade took the Web site at face value and invited these guys to speak. Just a simple error.
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