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The YES MEN Double Bill + Q& A with Star Prankster Mike Bonanno!
The Rio Theatre is proud to present: Political Activist Pranksters "THE YES MEN" Mike Bonanno LIVE!
Comedic Vigilante Justice at its Best! Two Screenings of their award winning Documentary films plus Q&A with one of the Yes Men Star Pranksters Mike Bonanno!
Doors 7pm The YES MEN (2003)7:30pm + The YES MEN FIX THE WORLD (2009)9:30pm Plus Q&A after each film!
Tickets Double Bill Plus Q&A $22 advance/$25 door
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/248170
Plus limited seats available single screening $20 at the Door
THE YES MEN - 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's website. Some visitors don't notice the site is a fake, and send speaking invitations meant for the real WTO. Mike and Andy play along with the ruse and soon find themselves attending important functions as WTO representatives.
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 satires on global free trade. Weirdly, the experts don't notice the joke and seem to agree with every terrible idea the two can come up with.
Exhausted by their failed attempts to shock, Mike and Andy take a whole new approach for one final lecture.
The Yes Men is directed by Dan Olman, Sarah Price, and Chris Smith, whose previous credits include the 1999 Sundance Winner "American Movie." It was released by United Artists.
THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD - is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.
From New Orleans to India to New York City, armed with little more than cheap thrift-store suits, the Yes Men squeeze raucous comedy out of all the ways that corporate greed is destroying the planet.
Brüno 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?
http://theyesmenfixtheworld.com/
http://theyesmen.org/
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LocationRio Theatre (View)
1660 E. Broadway
Vancouver, BC V5N 1W1
Canada
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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