Hello, guys!
Again*, I know it's not in English (this time, it's not even on-topic*!), but I simply couldn't help it* - I had to* post it! ;)
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| 'What are you laughing at?'* asked Capitão Nascimento - or so they say*. ;) |
Humour (a topic those taking MAC2 now will be discussing* next semester - can anyone from MAC1 please check if there's anything about it in our new course[book]? Thanks!) has always been a potentially controversial issue* - but it's not what has actually inspired this post. This has:
"[...] eu sou da época da gentileza, do muito obrigado e do por favor, acredito no ser humano e ainda sou canceriano e baiano, ou seja, um babaca total. [...]"
I don't know about you*, but this got me thinking*. It made me wonder* (Led Zeppelin!*) about the sort of world we now live in, a world where kindness* is often dismissed as* silliness* - and, yes, where many can't tell* (Pink Floyd!*) 'absolutely hilarious'* from 'downright rude'*.
Don't worry: you're not being invited to take sides* here (did you hate/love 'Tropa de Elite'? Do you hate/love 'Pânico na TV'?), but to read, reflect, write and share your ideas about a topic which I believe is worth our time* - very simply put*, living in society.
So, please, don't leave me talking to myself - I'm only uploading this because I did feel* an uncontrollable urge* to discuss the subject (even though*, as has been pointed out* on* Facebook, those might not even be* Wagner Moura's words)!
*Some focus on (clichés* of) the English language and culture (for me not to* feel so guilty about* this post, indeed*) - your task: pick* a couple of the marked items and explain why they've been marked*. Yes, I'm being serious*.
Hey teacher... Thank you so much for posting this text. It was one of the most brilliant text I have ever read. I consider Wagner Moura the best young actor in this new generation. He makes us remember good brazilian actors who marked the past like Tarciso Meira and Lima Duarte. Moreover, he is able to use the words in a simple and straightforward way that make us stop doing everthing in order to reflect about the topic.
ReplyDeleteAbout the topic raised up by him, I agree completly about the urgency of reflecting the meaning of humor. In the begining of the Panico da TV, it was funny how they interviewd people. They were both funny and critical, always in a slight fashion. However, as the time passed and they saw they were losing space on TV, they started to use terribles strategies to call attention of public, such as almost naked women with freezing smiles shaking their hips constantly and a frustrating attempt of copying the Jackass program with stupid violent scenes.
In other words, or I have become an older person who cannot see humor in this acts or the meaning of humor has changed completely.