The Yes Men

i thought The Yes Men was absolutley hilarious. kinda sad at the same time....just shows how dumb some people can be. it really proves a point that just because someone is in a suit and has a name tag that has some letters on it, they can get people to do almost anything. i love how the college kids were the only ones to call the guys out on their bullshit which is what they wanted from everyone. i bet if they were in that same situation from the university in another country those people would have just nodded and accepted that, hey...maybe eating recycled shit isnt so bad, these guys from the WTO do it. these men are changing the world even if they dont realize it. well at least changing it for younger people who can learn from their films and see that just becuase someone is wearing a suit and a nice watch, they too can be full of shit.
this film relates to assignment 6 because in the guys powerpoints that they used in their conventions there were several random clips of found footage that they mixed with animation. also, i think that making the gold suit, even though it isnt film found footage, that piece was made as a visual diagram and made from scratch so in a way that is just as much a piece of found footage as a film clip. their whole presentation, whether it was film clips, still photos, suits, animation...whatever they used was like making a film using recycled footage. they put all these visual aspects together and entertained people. ive noticed the clips we've watched in class as often political and these guys presentations were political..they were after all, impersonating people who work for the government. even if the corporate world took the ridiculous things these guys said and went with it, at least the college kids, who are the future, spoke up.