![]() I already know Brazil well enough to know the inexplicable fascination that most Brazilians have for everything that is American, but to make a soap opera where Brazil is vexed and humiliated in this way was a sad thing, even though this is a point to which I am totally immune, insofar as I am Portuguese, so I am not a Brazilian citizen to feel offended in my patriotism. The plot is absurd and revolves around the attempts of a Brazilian girl to travel to the US without any documentation, as an illegal immigrant. ![]() It was so bad that it was worse than several domestic counterparts. I confess it was one of the worst soap operas I've ever seen. I watched "América" only once, when it debuted in Portugal, around 2005. One of the most permeable markets for Brazilian teledramaturgy is, of course, my country, due to its cultural and linguistic proximity. ![]() ![]() Invariably, much of this material eventually goes around the world, being bought and broadcast in other countries. For those who enjoy a soap opera, Brazil is fertile ground, as the overwhelming majority of general TV channels in the country transmit, on average, four soap operas daily. ![]()
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