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[Jack Reed]

Not all on-line schedules agree about Baryshnikov's presence, but Part 1 is supposed to be broadcast the night of the 10th. Nor have I seen indication that this is a rebroadcast of an old interview. "Check local listings," as usual. (The time looks like midnight Eastern, which is already the 11th as far as your recorder is concerned, probably.)

[Bonnette]

Thanks so much, Jack! My cable guide shows Part 1 as a new broadcast, midnight EDT on April 11.

[4mrdncr]

Hooray, and thanks for the heads-up. Now I can watch Tavis for more than my usual L.A./PBS fix.

[Bonnette]

Grrrrr, my cable guide was wrong. This is actually unusual, and of all times for it to happen! Was anyone able to see the interview as listed?

[cantdance]

It might show up online later today at http://video.pbs.org...m/tavis-smiley/

[Bonnette]

Thank you, cantdance.

[California]

The first part is now available on streaming video:
http://www.pbs.org/w...shnikov-part-1/

[carbro]

Most surprising: "I don't go to Russia." Wow! Sad!

I missed Pt. 1, so thanks for linking, California!

[Drew]

Most surprising: "I don't go to Russia." Wow! Sad!

I missed Pt. 1, so thanks for linking, California!

I thought it was a very interesting interview.

As far as Russia goes--he pooh-poohs psychoanalysis, but it's clear the wounds go very deep though they are framed in terms of his anger at the country for the suffering and (as he described it, from his perspective) absurdity of his parents' lives. Smiley did not push him on post-Soviet Russia, but Baryshnikov volunteered a sentence to the effect that it had changed, yes, but not in the way he would have liked.

He rambled a bit at times but I thought Smiley was right to let him do so rather than interupt.

[California]

Part II is now on the Smiley site in streaming video: http://video.pbs.org/video/2221951497
His memories of the Soviet Union, Latvia, and his parents are quite moving.

In other interviews over the years, he has said specifically that the KGB still seems to be running Russia. Putin, of course, is a former KGB agent, so there's something to that. Makarova has gone back to visit and left her personal archives to the Mariinsky. Baryshnikov left his to the NYPL Dance Collection (for which we can all be extremely grateful).

[Bonnette]

His memories of the Soviet Union, Latvia, and his parents are quite moving..

They certainly are. I would have loved for the program to last 90 minutes instead of 30, as he clearly had a lot to say - it was riveting and must have been very difficult to edit to fit the timeframe.