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And all this time I was thinking that the revolution would not be televised. I guess it will be, but only to those who subscribe to cable, or DishTV. Seriously, why would anyone watch this on TV when for it even to be remotely [good word] possible to appear on TV in the usual or unusually derivative, melodramatic, and superficial modes, there would have to be the real thing going on in real life? Socialist bodice rippers? Oxymoron, no? How about Socialist Sex in the Working Class Neighborhood of the City? And what? Socialist gossip magazines so we can follow our favorite soap opera stars? People Magazine could become Progressive People Magazine. The possibilities are endless. We can have socialists soaps featuring transgendered-- gives TV Guide a whole new meaning, doesn't it? Here's a f..king problem, in case some have been too busy watching soaps to read the papers-- Venezuela is suffering from extensive power shortages-- and Chavez is talking about socialist TV soaps? What happens when the lights, and the TVs, go out? "I saw it on TV, and now I want to try it at home," doesn't work when it comes to class struggle. We don't want our socialist MTV. It's not like we can lip-synch our way to socialism. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Richmond" <adambrichm...@yahoo.com> ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
