My vast reading audience...what things come to your mind when you see the word "Brazilian?" Something sexy, yes?
Some kinds of jazz?
The bossa nova, perhaps?
The Braga women;
(BebĂȘ, vocĂȘ pode conduzir meu carro.)
enough supermodels to make a calendar for every day in the year, and...
...never have to repeat?
Kirsty MacColl's (bless her) final album?
And er, uh...y'know?
Those are the things I think of. Plus of course, Gilliam's Brazil, but that's not really connected to the country.
What I don't think of is a country where a 20-year-old woman can be driven from her school because she was wearing a mini-dress. With a line of students chanting "whore" at her. And yet...
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