the yes men

The yes men are political comedians. They expose the evil doings of big corporations through culture jamming and through pranks. Through their pranks they feel that they can reveal things otherwise hidden to the general public. Similarly to Jon Stewart, they are using irony and comedy to be political and use political commentary. Actually I've noticed a change in this recent movie and things that I've read from them in the past in TCS classes I've taken a few years ago. They seem to have become more "famous" and in doing so they seem less sincere, but putting this aside, they do seem similar to a concept we have learned in class. Marx's theory about false consciousness seems pretty inline with what the yes men are trying to reveal. They are trying to reveal that our consciousness is being manipulated, as was Marx. They are trying to reveal the truth and the constructs of how society works, and how it keeps most people in the dark and behind a hypothetical curtain.