Comments on: Sunday TV marathon http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/ Way Beyond Carnival Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:13:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Final Reflection « More Information Than You Require http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-318 Final Reflection « More Information Than You Require Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:13:46 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-318 [...] churches, that belong national and regional TV chains. I just posted something about the topic: http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/ After that article it sort of hit me that the stuff we post anyone can see and respond too which is [...] [...] churches, that belong national and regional TV chains. I just posted something about the topic: http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/ After that article it sort of hit me that the stuff we post anyone can see and respond too which is [...]

]]> By: Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Deep Brazil Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:18:23 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-178 Frankly, John, my super ego blocked my subconscious on that one. No wonder the guy's nickname is little rat. Frankly, John, my super ego blocked my subconscious on that one. No wonder the guy’s nickname is little rat.

]]> By: John from Cincinnati http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-177 John from Cincinnati Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:51:22 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-177 Where's Ratinho?!?! Where’s Ratinho?!?!

]]> By: Anita http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Anita Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:35:32 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-176 Chacrinha was fun ! But I could never ever understand why somebody would watch to Faustao. All these years on TV Globo and still doens't know how to put two words of English together when he receives international singers. He is just so... argh ! Chacrinha was fun ! But I could never ever understand why somebody would watch to Faustao. All these years on TV Globo and still doens’t know how to put two words of English together when he receives international singers. He is just so… argh !

]]> By: Ray Adkins http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Ray Adkins Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:04:40 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-175 loved this post by the way! loved this post by the way!

]]> By: Ray Adkins http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Ray Adkins Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:03:14 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-174 Dear Regina, I think next week we should be ditching the TV and going for some good coffee and visiting with our favorite friends. It is amazing the way Globo TV manipulates Brazilians and have for many decades...not to mention they were instrumental in the "Politica do Pao e Circo"... Amazing the power GLOGO still has on Brazilians. I also think their quality of programming has decreased drastically in the last decade or so. Warm regards Ray Dear Regina,

I think next week we should be ditching the TV and going for some good coffee and visiting with our favorite friends.
It is amazing the way Globo TV manipulates Brazilians and have for many decades…not to mention they were instrumental in the “Politica do Pao e Circo”…
Amazing the power GLOGO still has on Brazilians. I also think their quality of programming has decreased drastically in the last decade or so.

Warm regards

Ray

]]> By: Deep Brazil http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Deep Brazil Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:33:51 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-173 Jeremy, I think Fantástico deserves its own post, because its format is totally different from the ones I mentioned. While I agree it is full of Globo self-references and has some pretty low moments, it also has some good journalistic in-depth investigations (namely those by Caco Barcellos, one of the best Brazilian reporters and a guy with lots of social conscience) and produced some great musical moments. About Faustão, I think it must be said that when he first appeared on TV, some 25 years ago, in another channel, in a program called Perdidos na Noite, his show had a certain freshness, lots of improvisation and great new bands. At the time I was studying Journalism at Universidade de São Paulo and several of my colleagues used to attend it. But Globo somehow corrupted his anarchic spirit and injected money to make it more mainstream. A pity. Finally, I think both Chacrinha and Sílvio Santos have this same mind-numbing effect you describe, but I can see in Chacrinha an endearing childish spirit, and SS has such a personal magnetism that I find tough to despise. He is similar to multi-zillionnaire esoteric writer Paulo Coelho - doesn't appeal to me, but I can see why he seduces so many. Jeremy, I think Fantástico deserves its own post, because its format is totally different from the ones I mentioned. While I agree it is full of Globo self-references and has some pretty low moments, it also has some good journalistic in-depth investigations (namely those by Caco Barcellos, one of the best Brazilian reporters and a guy with lots of social conscience) and produced some great musical moments.
About Faustão, I think it must be said that when he first appeared on TV, some 25 years ago, in another channel, in a program called Perdidos na Noite, his show had a certain freshness, lots of improvisation and great new bands. At the time I was studying Journalism at Universidade de São Paulo and several of my colleagues used to attend it. But Globo somehow corrupted his anarchic spirit and injected money to make it more mainstream. A pity.
Finally, I think both Chacrinha and Sílvio Santos have this same mind-numbing effect you describe, but I can see in Chacrinha an endearing childish spirit, and SS has such a personal magnetism that I find tough to despise. He is similar to multi-zillionnaire esoteric writer Paulo Coelho – doesn’t appeal to me, but I can see why he seduces so many.

]]> By: jeremy http://deepbrazil.com/2010/02/02/sunday-tv-marathon/comment-page-1/#comment-172 jeremy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:40:57 +0000 http://deepbrazil.com/?p=722#comment-172 No matter how bad Fausto is, he is addictive ,if only because he is so bad. I have lived in Brasil for three years and I am still amazed that someone so talentless,amaturish and banal can command such viewing figures .His shows are a mismash of ideas from everyone elses shows. It is like watching something from the early seventies, it is only the clothes ( who dresses him? something that hides his huge stomach would be more flattering!)that let you know it is 2010. His guests are either cheap or something to do with a globo novella.Has he never heard of an auto cue? he uses peices of paper that look like supermarket reciepts or bus tickets to prompt himself and he constantly speaks when his ' guests' are talking or singing. I keep making oomparrisons with his shows and the old variety shows of the UK in the early seventies...dancing girls, bad magicians and not funny comedians..I though this kind of show was thankfully long dead and buried...but, it is alive and healthy on Globo on sundays. If you have lost the will to live and the drugs are not working I can recomend this show to put you into a long long coma. Thankfully the football is back and the show is cut by almost two hours to make way for the sport. I noticed that you did not comment on the brain numbing programme that follows his..Fantastico..another widely watched and loved programme...but often used as just an advertising trailer for the globo novelas. I guess that Globo thinks that anyone with more than basic education or at least half a brain has Sky..or has better things to do. You have to respect Silvio if only for his great age...most people have known him longer than members of their immediate family. I often wonder if that microphone has been surgicaly inserted into his neck, it must be amazingly uncomfortable. No matter how bad Fausto is, he is addictive ,if only because he is so bad. I have lived in Brasil for three years and I am still amazed that someone so talentless,amaturish and banal can command such viewing figures .His shows are a mismash of ideas from everyone elses shows. It is like watching something from the early seventies, it is only the clothes ( who dresses him? something that hides his huge stomach would be more flattering!)that let you know it is 2010. His guests are either cheap or something to do with a globo novella.Has he never heard of an auto cue? he uses peices of paper that look like supermarket reciepts or bus tickets to prompt himself and he constantly speaks when his ‘ guests’ are talking or singing.
I keep making oomparrisons with his shows and the old variety shows of the UK in the early seventies…dancing girls, bad magicians and not funny comedians..I though this kind of show was thankfully long dead and buried…but, it is alive and healthy on Globo on sundays. If you have lost the will to live and the drugs are not working I can recomend this show to put you into a long long coma. Thankfully the football is back and the show is cut by almost two hours to make way for the sport.
I noticed that you did not comment on the brain numbing programme that follows his..Fantastico..another widely watched and loved programme…but often used as just an advertising trailer for the globo novelas.
I guess that Globo thinks that anyone with more than basic education or at least half a brain has Sky..or has better things to do.
You have to respect Silvio if only for his great age…most people have known him longer than members of their immediate family. I often wonder if that microphone has been surgicaly inserted into his neck, it must be amazingly uncomfortable.

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