Hugo Chavez: Venezuela Needs 'Socialist' Soap Operas

[StarfarerBill]

From The Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez says there's too much capitalism on Venezuelan TV. So he's urging producers to start making films and TV shows that stress socialist values.

Chavez says producers should be making "socialist soap operas."

He said Sunday he recently visited Cuba "and they have soaps there. But they're not capitalist soap operas."

Cuba does make some of its own programming. One of Sunday's offerings was "Our History: I Die for the Revolution." But its state-run television channels also airs Brazilian soaps, Walt Disney cartoons and programs such as "Desperate Housewives."

Chavez-allied producers made a 2004 soap opera called "Love Inside the Barrio" that emphasized socialist values but failed to draw many viewers.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/11/hugo-chavez-venezuela-nee_n_419007.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. So instead of hunting the Ice Princess, Luke and Laura plot to overthrow the fascist government

in the neighboring country in Central America . . . Wow, that's must-see TV.

[LoZoccolo]

7. I remember my mother excitedly recounting the "password" episode to my father after it aired

as the conversation where I first heard the word "hokey".

[cali]

2. lol. now that's micro management.

[hughee99]

3. Some might call it propaganda. n/t

[UTUSN]

4. This dude is available--oh, wait, his crown is not socialist!1

Manuel Zelaya talks on his mobile phone within the Brazilian embassy while his white cowboy hat is held by a bodyguard, Boris Muños. Photograph: Esteban Felix/AP

[demoleft]

5. fun. a McCarthy au contraire. and plunge those who do not agree into a black list, maybe? n/t

[LoZoccolo]

6. It's hilarious watching him explain his incremental steps to more and more control

and even funnier watching his apologists here try to explain why it's OK for him to do all these things over there that would spark outrage here. And even funnier if you can get them to say that we should be doing them here.

[brooklynite]

8. Its hard for some people to accept that...

...the enemy of your enemy is sometimes still your enemy.

[tammywammy]

9. He was elected, obviously the people WANT this

The US should use the military to make sure evil corporations, including my corner independent grocery store doesn't raise their prices during an inflationary period. He's looking out for the people! This is just the MSM's way of spinning the story to not look favorable at Chavez. We all know he's awesome, that's why our capitalistic media cannot allow any positive stories from there. You should only read Chavezista approved news sources and Huffington is not on that list.


;)

[anonymous171]

12. As long as he is democratically elected I don't have a problem with this

If the people of Venezuela want him out they can vote him out.

[EFerrari]

25. Obama has never commented on teevee content?

Oh, that powermongering Chavez! Having opinions. Dictator!

lol

[cali]

29. he just looks silly- like Quayle. Not saying he powermongering

just being silly.

[JVS]

10. That's correct. It's not much different than Bill Cosby deciding that his show had to have an...

upper-middle class black family, or Roseanne Barr deciding that her sitcom would include a family that is credibly depicted as working class.

[cali]

11. huh? it's about as different as it gets.

he's not a TV producer.

[JVS]

13. But he can have an opinion on what kind of stuff should be produced, just like anyone else.

Tipper Gore called for less obscene music
Dan Quayle criticized Murphy Brown for being unsupportive of the traditional family structure
Chavez is calling for less depictions of bourgeois protagonists and more depictions of proletarian protagonists

[LoZoccolo]

15. Right, it's not like anybody complained about /them/. n/t

[fishwax]

18. I don't remember anyone implying Dan Quayle was moving towards dictatorship n/t

[LoZoccolo]

31. Right, because Dan Quayle had a previous track record of ruling by decree

and shutting down media outlets too, amongst other things. So it's not fair.

This is fun. The Chavez game is one of the aspects that makes DU the best online game EVAR!

[fishwax]

32. you mean ruling by decree as allowed by the national constitution

"This is fun. The Chavez game is one of the aspects that makes DU the best online game EVAR!"

yay!

[cali]

17. sure. as long as he's not mandating content.

and I gather you forget the scorn that was heaped on Gore and Quayle. I feel the same way about Hugo and his absurd call.

[JVS]

14. dupe

[upi402]

16. That's unthinkable here in the "land of the free"

You can't just air shows on TV that aren't capitalist propaganda! Can you? WTF!

Good thing we don't have propaganda here... :eyes:
:sarcasm:

[cali]

20. of course we do. And politicians here who engage in the silliness that Chavez

is indulging in, get skewered by the left. See Quayle, Dan.

[JVS]

21. Shhhhh Dynasty and Dallas reruns are coming on, then I'm going to watch the Godfather trilogy.

[cali]

23. The Godfather, my dear Philistine, is a work of art.

are you actually contending that it was propaganda to lure Americans into a life of crime?

:rofl:

[JVS]

26. Part 3 is a piece of shit. Even so, as a work of art, it is a capitalist work of art

Art nearly always has underlying values. Just because you don't get it or choose not to get it is no reason to scoff.

[cali]

27. please note that I only specified The Godfather, dear.

And yeah, I was laughing at you. your comments are so lame as to be laughable. You don't even know what propaganda is.

[JVS]

30. I never called it propaganda. I don't think soaps that have socialist values are propaganda either

What I know is that these works have underlying value systems and that the value systems are promoted through the work.

I'm putting you on ignore because I'm sick of your rude behavior.

[upi402]

28. The Bush crime family makes the mafia look like boyscouts n/t

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

19. :facepalm:

Chavez is turning into the Howard Hughes of world leaders.

[MellowDem]

22. Desperate Housewives...

is about as "capitalistic" as a soap can get.

[cali]

24. And pray tell what prominent politician is behind its production?

curious minds and all that.

[sufrommich]

33. So have the Venezuelans started wearing their underwear

on the outside yet?

[LoZoccolo]

34. So we can check!

:toast:

[Quantess]

35. Socialist flavored stories sounds like some bad TV.

Snoozefest tv.

[L. Coyote]

36. People do pay cose attention to what Hugo says

often giving it far more thought than he did :rofl: