We are living in a time of change in politics: politics as show business. They've arrived-the pretty, handsome, perfumed, sweet-talking, fit, sweat-free celebrities. They are posted, or they post themselves, as hopefuls in a power contest.

Television, in a country where almost every house owns a set on the information grid, reinforces this art of performance. TV has become the medium that replaces the message: the intended message is no longer impo