although getting his act on the air may require much high-
pressure organization. Castro may be a case in point. 
According to Tad Szulc’s story on “Cuban Television’s One-man 
Show” (The Eighth Art ), “in his seemingly improvised ‘as-I-go-
along style’ he can evolve politics and govern his country-right 
on camera.” Now, Tad Szulc is under the illusion that TV is a 
hot medium, and suggests that in the Congo television might 
have helped Lumumba to incite the masses to even greater 
turmoil and bloodshed.” But he is quite wrong. Radio is the 
medium for frenzy, and it has been the major means of hotting 
up the tribal blood of Africa, India, and China, alike. TV has 
cooled Cuba down, as it is cooling down America. What the 
Cubans are getting by TV is the experience of being directly 
engaged in the making of political decisions. Castro presents 
himself as a teacher, and as Szulc says, “manages to blend 
political guidance and education with propaganda so skillfully