Spoofage

I made this fine spoofage for the upcoming Poverty Olympics street

theatre action.

 

One of the organizers brought in this very classy magazine ad praising

all the Olympics' corporate sponsors, with a quote from IOC President

Jaques Rogge: “Until they are fed, housed, and trained, our athletes

can’t skate, ski, or slide. 365 days a year, our worldwide corporate

partners make the dreams of the Olympic athlete a reality. For that,

we, and everyone who loves the Olympic games, owe them our deepest

gratitude.”

 

That Jacques Rogge, what a class act! He was an Olympic athlete

himself once you know ... yacht racing.

 

Well, we in Vancouver also know a little about needing to be fed and

housed. So with that in mind I asked my funny neighbour Muriel to

play around in an alley in costume, took a bunch of pics, and added

this text: "Until they are properly fed and housed, low income people

in our neighbourhood and the world can't work or get healthy or even

participate in their community. 365 days a year, Olympic corporate

sponsors squander money that governments could use to reduce poverty

and homelessness. For that, we and everyone who is getting screwed by

the Olympics, owe them nothing."

 

Oh yes, originally the word "screwed" was in there ... but another of

the organizers took exception to it so I substituted "ripped off".

 

povertyolympics.ca/

Done