When I went to see "Rio" in theatres a year ago, I was pleasantly surprised. The story was good and the music was great. While my dad and I were laughing about how the Brazilians were satirically portrayed in the movie, I began to worry that other people probably didn't understand the satire. There were some things said in Portuguese that were not translated, and a lot of things were exaggerated. I realized that this is really how Brazilians are portrayed in the media. It's not just satire; people were not surprised by some things, as though they thought it was the most natural thing in the world.
Brazilians are represented in the media as rather over-the-top, loud people that walk around half-naked with big behinds and big breasts. Or they're drug dealers. I would just like to clear that up right now. While some Brazilians are (I will admit from observing my family members), in fact, loud and over-the-top, they do not walk around the streets half naked! It's rather akin to saying that all English people walk around saying, "Wotcher old bean, how's the weather? Oh, quite, yes, it is indeed time for tea and crumpets, eh what? Cheerio!" It's just a caricature. Same goes for the large breasts and behinds. It's actually part of the Brazilian phenotype to have small breasts. And as far as behinds go, it varies, just like in any other country.
The drug dealer thing, just, come on. Seriously? Are all Islamic people terrorists? No. Exactly.
I love how you stand up for this. Movies shouldn't be supporting racism nor should society be supporting the idea of people being so different, such as more 'white' models than coloured people or those of a different race. Some people make fun of others accents, but even that's not okay. One can't help how they look, or talk so media shouldn't represent them as anything less than they really are.
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