Say No to The Yes Men or Sneezer Sneezer

So last night I checked out a little ditty called "The Yes Men." I had heard some decent things about it and was somewhat interested... what was actually on screen however, was utter crap. I'm going to write a review newspaper style!

Falling into the overly long ramblings of an untalented student film director, The Yes Men, manages to overstay its welcome about 5 minutes in. Chronicling the adventures of a group of pranksters who impersonate WTO speakers and give "hilariously" over-the-top lectures about such topics as: recycling human waste to feed the third world, implanting workers with microchips to monitor productivity, and shiny gold bodysuits with a tv monitor on a large inflatable phallus, the film has a few bright moments. I do mean a few. Perhaps 10 minutes of the film is salvageable. The reactions of listeners to the odd speeches ranges from anger to polite acceptance, but the reasonings accepted by the imposters does not hold up to reality.
Perhaps the biggest flaw with the film, apart from the many scenes of useless filler and prep work, is that the Yes Men never justify their dislike of the WTO. They merely state that it is a bad organization which does not help the poor. This could be due to their first year poli sci student-I want to save the world-faux radicalism or simply due to the fact that they have not done any real research on the WTO apart from reading the odd newspaper article or hearing an activist speak talking points on some news station. Criticizing something is one thing, but you need to have a justification for that criticism. To merely say something is bad without backup smacks of reactionary politics.
In the end, The Yes Men and their film accomplish nothing apart from wasting the valuable time of viewers and adding one more voice to an already diluted and disorganized group. People really interested in the anti-globalization movement are better suited doing some substantive research of their own then watching this 5 minute news story masquerading as some sort of social change victory.

How much money should you pay to see this film?
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Hey, that wasn't too hard! I think I should do this more often! It was kind of fun!

Seriously though, all the yes men did in their movie was waste the time of some business men and get free meals and hotel rooms from unsuspecting conferences. The essentially just ripped people off by pretending to be something they weren't. What good does that do for the situation in the third world....???