The movie is about two men named Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (the Yes Men) who posed as corporate executives from companies starting with Dow Chemical, to Exxon and Halliburton. The whole movie was a pretty funny documentary, with both guys sharing their methods of spreading awareness of corporate greed, and pointing out the problems those major corporations have caused that relate to climate change or global disasters. The movie started out with Andy and Mike's successful prank on Dow Chemical by posing as executives from the corporation on the BBC network, that eventually lead to Dow Chemical to lose over two-billion dollars in less than 23 minutes after the prank aired on TV. The prank related to the Dow's lack of responsibility to take care of the gas leak disaster in 1984 that lead to the deaths of thousands of people in Bhopal.
In their prank posing as representatives of Halliburton, the Yes Men introduced the 'Survivaball' a ball
designed to "protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way". The things that the Survivaball could protect one from are the results from climate change/global warming such as hurricanes, tornados, floods, etc. According to the features that were presented (and also on the Survivaball website), the Survivaball offers the person wearing it protection, nutrition, food, water, power, and more! The way it relates to the body is that it offers the body a shield to survive any natural catastrophe all in one big costume/body extension.
here are some screenshots i took from the movie off my computer:
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