As his economy crumbles, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez knows just what it needs.
He’s asked film producers to produce “socialist soap operas” because there’s just too darn much capitalism on television. He even offered to pony up some of those newly devalued Venezuelan bolivars to help spread the socialist message.
NewsMax.org has the details:
“A while ago, I was in Cuba and they broadcast soap operas there, not capitalist soap operas but with a social content, socialist” soap operas, Chavez told a group of filmmakers and scriptwriters guested on his weekly radio and television show, “Alo Presidente.”
“I’m going to ask that we make socialist soap operas (in Venezuela), instead of capitalist ones.”
The firebrand leftist leader offered government help to producers following his advice.
“We can also make good movies,” he added. “Not capitalist movies that are poison and incite our children to take drugs and even push them into crime.”
A little unsolicited advice, Hugo. Forget the expense of original productions. Just import Law & Order and save yourself some bolivars.
Source: NewsMax
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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Law & Order (and its counterparts) sadly have become more liberal as it ages, but it is still a pretty good right and wrong type of show. He may not be into it.
As for socialist vs capitalist novelas (Spanish for soaps) uhm... how exactly is that done? I mean what would the differences be? There would be no rich people in the novelas? Everyone will be poor?