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Highly recommended by Editor Vern, a longtime fan of these guys – this is the OC premiere of their third film. The following taken from the Facebook event page:
For the last 20 years, notorious activists The Yes Men have staged outrageous and hilarious hoaxes to draw international attention to corporate crimes against humanity and the environment. Armed with nothing but thrift-store suits and a lack of shame, these iconoclastic revolutionaries lie their way into business events and government functions to expose the dangers of letting greed run our world. In their third cinematic outing (after The Yes Men and The Yes Men Fix the World), they are now well into their 40s, and their mid-life crises are threatening to drive them out of activism forever – even as they prepare to take on the biggest challenge they’ve ever faced: climate change.
More than the first two films, The Yes Men Are Revolting is as much a character study as it is an entertaining depiction of their latest interventions. Revealing the real people behind the ruses, at its heart lies a hopeful message about fighting for change.
Directed by Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno , and Laura Nix. 91 minutes.
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“Who would have thought that the funniest moments at the Toronto International Film Festival would revolve around climate change and activism?” – Kent Turner, Film-Forward.com
“The Yes Men Are Revolting is an entertaining and interesting examination of the anxieties that make us question who we are and if we’re making a difference.” – Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
SHOWTIMES, Frida Cinema, 305 East 4th St, Santa Ana:
Friday, June 12 – 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Saturday, June 13 – 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Sunday, June 14 – 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Monday, June 15 – 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Tuesday, June 16 – 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Wednesday, June 17 – 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Thursday, June 18 – 5pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm
Now enjoy some high points of their earlier work, thanks to “Funny or Die!“
Vivoleum, featuring Reggie Watts
An ExxonMobil janitor makes the ultimate sacrifice for a miraculous new biofuel. The Yes Men show the oil executives at the Go Expo energy conference that the free market, when left to its own devices, will always find solutions to the dilemmas humanity faces.
Dow Does the Right Thing
One “Jude Finisterra” of Dow Chemical appears on BBC World News to take full responsibility for the Bhopal catastrophe, perhaps the worst industrial disaster in history. (Dow stocks dropped $2 billion dollars because of this interview.)
MORE HERE – they don’t all have embed codes.
See you there!
Deeply humorous set-ups. Enlightening.
Thanks Vern, looks like the kind of subversive propaganda we won’t find on faux news.
Stop the SA pigs. The dirty city government, the MMJ profiteers!
You mean these ones?
Adam at the Voice got his hands on this video before me, but I’m gonna have a lot more on this Monday!
I saw the Voice Of OC article. As an OCEA member I visit often. But the comments are out of control. I can’t believe this is the same worthy newssource that brought us Bust”a nut”e and the pay issue.
Those guys are ballsey!
I think you’re referring to the Yes Men, not these Santa Ana thug cops.
*Yeah, we keep waiting for the OCCUPY McDONALDS group,……at the DOO DAH Parade! All we usually get is the Syncronized Briefcase Squad. The Folding Chair
Marching Band is great…however!
*…..however indeed!!!
The official version of the 43 students disappeared at Ayotzinapas, Mexico, is in the words of a Mexican publication, falling apart.
http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=407453
This is a brief background:
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/11/04/not-everyone-mourns-for-ayotzinapas-students/
Dusty Rhodes, professional wrestler and beloved Southern working class icon, is dead at 69. Here is the “promo” that made him a hero to so many displaced workers in the 80s:
And here are The Rude Pundit’s reminiscences:
http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2015/06/dead-wrestler-farewell-to-american-dream.html
more… https://sports.vice.com/en_us/highlight/dusty-rhodes-is-dead-long-live-dusty-rhodes
Well, I ran out of time to make my 800-year anniversary Magna Carta piece, but I did make a cake!
Just saw this in the Register-
http://www.ocregister.com/lansner/laguna-666960-niguel-estate.html
I refuse to get on Facebook, or I might have asked how about any pix of the Irvine condo she CLAIMED to really live in when running? Don’t know if the homeowners (profit) exemption requires Most Recent 2 of 5 years or just 2 of 5 years? Less difference on $6.3 M !!