There's a really good interview with Wagner Moura in the NYT today. He said that the difference between Brazil and America is that Brazil swiftly convicted and jailed Bolsanaro because, unlike America, Brazillians knew a dictatorship when they saw one.
The closing observation about American exceptionalism cuts through perfectly. Framing Brazil in 1977 as a mirror rather than a relic shifts the whole reading. I've been thinking alot lately about how period pieces function less as history lessons and more as plausible deniability for critique that feels too raw when set in the present. The carnival backdrop is a really smart choice becaus it forces this juxtaposition between public celebration and private terror.
There's a really good interview with Wagner Moura in the NYT today. He said that the difference between Brazil and America is that Brazil swiftly convicted and jailed Bolsanaro because, unlike America, Brazillians knew a dictatorship when they saw one.
The closing observation about American exceptionalism cuts through perfectly. Framing Brazil in 1977 as a mirror rather than a relic shifts the whole reading. I've been thinking alot lately about how period pieces function less as history lessons and more as plausible deniability for critique that feels too raw when set in the present. The carnival backdrop is a really smart choice becaus it forces this juxtaposition between public celebration and private terror.