*total spoiler alert*
**i promise it wont stop you from totally enjoying this anyway**
This is just nuts.
F***ing nuts!
These two guys want to fix the world.
Almost over night.
Posing as DOW executives,
and hosting a convention for banks.
They start by selling a modelling scheme
called 'The Golden Skeleton'.
They admit to having human casualties.
But as long as there is profit - its alright.
What's shocking is how they intended to shock
thank banks with this rouse, but instead are
practically cheered on.
What came next was even more shocking.
Via their fake DOW website, the BBC e-mails them
asking if they would like to do an interview
to coincide with the 20 year anniversary of the Bhopal incident.
So, if your like me and obviously know nothing of Bhopal,
then you didn't know that Union Carbide (now assimilated into DOW),
caused a gas leak in a small City in India,
that caused the death of 25,000 people.
How is stuff like this not taught in history class ?
And why did my parents never mention anything ?
DOW did spend millions and millions of dollars fixing the problem.
They paid for a massive advertising campaign to clean up their image.
Not the mess they made.
So 20 years on, people are still dying from this tragedy.
Children are born deformed and
many women are no longer able to bear children.
Horrible right ?
So once again posing as DOW execs, the Yes Men head to a BBC
studio in Paris and film a bogus interview with the BBC which was aired live.
Whilst on air, they claimed that DOW was sorry for the tragedy.
Oh yeah- they never claimed responsibility for the incident!
They also claimed that DOW would spend USD$24 billion to fix up the city
and pay for health care for all those who have suffered.
The BBC naturally started boasting BREAKING NEWS live
and publicizing the startling story everywhere on the internet.
Within 20 minutes DOW's stock plummeted 3% and the company lost
USD$23 billion.
Within the next hour DOW issued an official statement about the hoax
and the BBC made a live apology and hour later.
The tactics involved where somewhat genius.
And the Yes Men actually got away with it.
What made it better is that Channel 4 news interview them shortly after.
Jonathan Snow once again being the ultimate douche-bag ,
attacking them on live television,
saying that their actions had no thought of how the people of Bhopal
might actually feel about the hoax.
Feeling guilty about what they had done,
the Yes Men fly to Bhopal, only to find out that
they had become heroes to the people of the city.
See, what totally sucks here,
is that the media have gotten real good,
at not providing news any more.
Its mediocrity at its finest hour.
My one complaint about news firms like the BBC,
is that i don't really care about Gwendalyn who's god damn
poodle just won some stupid dog competition,
or that Bernard has now got internet in his little village.
There are serious events happening around the world
and here is the western world with its wealth and power
preoccupied with what Pie to eat over winter.
The Yes men are a breathe of fresh air to a world
that needs a little shake up
and their utterly humorous attempt
at trying to generate awareness,
which I am willing to bet my bottom dollar on
cost a lot less then Live8,
Is truly poetic and astounding.
My little spoiler only touches on the first 20 minutes of
this feature length documentary.
And believe me, it gets funnier and bigger with every
hoax. I highly suggest it to everyone.
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