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5 - Warning to Sailors and Chanchada Film Comedy, 1950

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2025

Bryan McCann
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Georgetown University, Washington DC
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This chapter explores the 1950 comedy film Aviso aos Navegantes (Warning to Sailors), a classic of the slapstick chanchada genre. The chapter examines the role of lead actors Oscarito and Grande Otelo in representing an idea of the Brazilian underdog, in ways that make fun of racial and social hierarchies and suggest nationalist resistance against foreign exploitation.

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Rio de Janeiro , pp. 112 - 133
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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