*The Hugo Chavez Show - Tue, 11/25 at 9pm on PBS* FRONTLINE http://www.pbs.org/frontline/
- This Week: "The Hugo Chavez Show" (90 minutes), November 25th at 9pm on PBS (Check local listings) Earlier this year, veteran FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel flew south in search of one of Latin America's most controversial leaders -- a man who's famously denounced George W. Bush as the devil, praised Fidel Castro as a god, and used his country's vast oil wealth to further a revolutionary, often anti-American, agenda. Instead, Bikel found herself confronted with the host of one of the world's most unusual reality shows. In "The Hugo Chavez Show," airing this Tuesday night (check local listings), Bikel examines the rise, reign, and peculiar made-for-TV charms of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "I couldn't talk to Chavez," Bikel says. "So I had to find another source of getting to him. Since he has his weekly television show -'Hello, President'-- that lasts from five to eight hours at a time, that became my source. I watched hours and hours of them. I feel I got to know him very, very well. I don't think I ever listened to anyone in my life that much." What does Bikel make of this singing, dancing, bullying salesman for "21st century socialism"? Why does Chavez conduct the most important business of state live on national television, hiring and firing cabinet ministers one minute, and ordering his generals to invade a neighboring country the next? Will the "show" go on if Chavez continues to fail to realize any of the revolutionary ideals he sings and dances about on TV? We hope you'll tune in Tuesday night. And meanwhile, check out the full program that's already online -- in English or Spanish -- at http://www.pbs.org/frontline/hugochavez/ *The downfall of both capitalism and communism is inevitable due to their inherent staticity. Both capitalism and communism are on the verge of extinction from this world.*
