Change Your Life!
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Change Your Life! is a 2009 comedy mockumentary
directed by Patrick Shen
and Adam Christing
and written by Christing and Brian Godawa
. The film, starring Tony Plana
, Ada Maris
, and Taylor Negron
, satirizes multi-level marketing
and "get-rich-quick" schemes.
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
directed by Patrick Shen
Patrick Shen
Patrick Shen is an American writer and award-winning director and producer of Flight from Death, a seven-time Best Documentary award-winning film.-Documentaries:...
and Adam Christing
Adam Christing
Adam Christing is an American filmmaker, comedian-magician, author and seminar leader. He is also a presenter for corporate events and meeting planners...
and written by Christing and Brian Godawa
Brian Godawa
Brian Godawa is an American screenwriter and author. He wrote the screenplay for To End All Wars and The Visitation, and co-wrote Change Your Life! with Adam Christing....
. The film, starring Tony Plana
Tony Plana
Tony Plana is a Cuban-American actor and director. He is well known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC show Ugly Betty.-Personal life:...
, Ada Maris
Ada Maris
Ada Maris is a Mexican-American actress. She was born Ada Marentes and has been married to actor Tony Plana since 1988. They have two children.-Career:...
, and Taylor Negron
Taylor Negron
Brad Taylor Negron is an American writer, actor, and stand-up comedian.-Personal life:Negron was born in Glendale, California to Conrad Negron, Sr., former mayor of Indian Wells, California. He grew up in Pasadena, California. His cousin is singer Chuck Negron...
, satirizes multi-level marketing
Multi-level marketing
Multi-level marketing is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation...
and "get-rich-quick" schemes.