06-23-2014, 09:10 AM
"Starving Brazilians"
that seems a very estereotypical image for a protest; when in these days brazilians had even some success in dealing with starvation.
what are they (we) exactly starving for? looks like those pictures of "starving africa ", the reduction of a whole world to a small village.
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"in the name of Samba" sounds confuse for me; for brazilians samba can be both a historical symbol of resistence, a nationalist mestizo anthen; or conformism, "panis et circensis ".
it's like Samba belongs to Fifa in your poem; Samba looks like a symbol of brazilian status quo; which for me sounds like a very estereotypical foreign view too; and that also doesn't fit with protest;
sounds like you just picked a reason to protest reading the news, without a real emotional or pratical engagement. That theme could be better worked being more especific. forget the general image of the country;
"Familial Robin Hoods" sounds ingenuous talking about a society largely controlled by mafia's association with state and highly hedonistic post-modern robbers.
that seems a very estereotypical image for a protest; when in these days brazilians had even some success in dealing with starvation.
what are they (we) exactly starving for? looks like those pictures of "starving africa ", the reduction of a whole world to a small village.
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"in the name of Samba" sounds confuse for me; for brazilians samba can be both a historical symbol of resistence, a nationalist mestizo anthen; or conformism, "panis et circensis ".
it's like Samba belongs to Fifa in your poem; Samba looks like a symbol of brazilian status quo; which for me sounds like a very estereotypical foreign view too; and that also doesn't fit with protest;
sounds like you just picked a reason to protest reading the news, without a real emotional or pratical engagement. That theme could be better worked being more especific. forget the general image of the country;
"Familial Robin Hoods" sounds ingenuous talking about a society largely controlled by mafia's association with state and highly hedonistic post-modern robbers.
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