:13:02
where we switched the voice boxes
of Barbie dolls and G.I. Joes.
:13:05
Troops Attack that Cobra jet
with heavy firepower!
:13:10
And that ended up in G.I. Joes that
said things like, "I love to shop with you,"
:13:15
and Barbie dolls that said things like,
"Dead men tell no lies."
:13:19
And we got them back
on store shelves
:13:22
all over the country in what we called
our "Shop Giving Program."
:13:25
We're like Santa Claus,
only less radical,
:13:27
because Santa Claus
breaks into people's houses. We don't.
:13:30
So that when kids
got them at Christmas,
:13:32
they were surprised to find their doll
:13:34
saying something other
than what they expected.
:13:36
And the kids thought it was hilarious.
They loved having these crazy dolls.
:13:40
We sent out press releases,
:13:41
so it was in the news on Christmas Day
and for the week following.
:13:45
It just went through every kind
of media channel imaginable.
:13:50
- The B.L. O...
- The Mission of the B.L. O...
:13:53
The Barbie Liberation Organization-
the B.L. O...
:13:56
It was real funny 'cause it looks
like. "Come on, fight me. Fight me!"
:14:00
- Except it says...
- I love school. Don't you?
:14:03
Let's sing with the band tonight!
:14:05
Now we're-with the Yes Men,
:14:06
we're calling that sort of basic idea
"Identity Correction,"
:14:10
like saying, these things...
:14:12
these things that are not
really presenting themselves honestly
:14:15
or that hide something about their nature
that's really scary,
:14:18
we want to bring that out.
:14:20
We want to show that.
We want to demonstrate that.
:14:22
And so, like for the WTO...
:14:25
we think that the WTO
:14:27
is doing all these terrible things
that are hurting people
:14:29
and they're saying the exact opposite.
:14:31
And so we're interested
in correcting their identity.
:14:34
In the same way that an identity thief
steals somebody's identity
:14:38
in order to basically
just engage in criminal practices,
:14:41
we target people
we see as criminals,
:14:44
and we steal their identity
to try to make them honest
:14:46
or to try to present
a more honest face.
:14:48
And so...you know,
I guess this whole thing
:14:51
has its roots for both me and Andy
:14:54
in stuff that we've been doing
for a long time,
:14:56
which is trying to create public spectacles
that, in some kind of poetic way,