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Judi Lynn

(160,541 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 07:03 AM Jul 2015

Death of Brazilian singer shines spotlight on mainstream's cultural disconnect

Death of Brazilian singer shines spotlight on mainstream's cultural disconnect

As millions on social media mourned death of Cristiano Araújo, some in media expressed a mixture of bewilderment and disdain at the outpouring of grief

Bruce Douglas in Rio de Janeiro
Friday 10 July 2015 06.00 EDT

With his chiselled jawline, immaculately groomed stubble and smile that could shift toothpaste by the ton, João Gabriel is immediately mobbed as he descends the stage into the crowd halfway through his set at Rio de Janeiro’s Lapa 40° club.

Unruffled, Gabriel’s grin never flickers or dims. The 29-year old singer has been doing this since he was nine, traipsing from bar to bar with his father.

It’s not samba, bossa-nova or baile funk that’s driving the crowd wild, however: Gabriel is a star of sertanejo, a kind of accordion-infused country pop, that is phenomenally successful in Brazil, if rather less so outside.

But until the recent death of the singer Cristiano Araújo – a friend and colleague of Gabriel – the huge popularity of sertanejo had been largely overlooked by the country’s São Paulo and Rio-based media.

More:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/10/brazil-singer-death-media-coverage-cristiano-araujo

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Death of Brazilian singer shines spotlight on mainstream's cultural disconnect (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2015 OP

Thanks for the music clip! Clueless Corporate Media once again... Peace Patriot Jul 2015 #1

Peace Patriot

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1. Thanks for the music clip! Clueless Corporate Media once again...

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Sun Jul 12, 2015, 02:36 PM

Jul 2015

A few days later, Zeca Camargo, another prominent journalist from the dominant Globo network, reported on the media’s “insane” coverage of Araújo’s death. “How have we become collectively seduced by such an unknown person?” he asked, arguing the reaction had highlighted the “poverty of Brazil’s cultural soul”. Camargo’s comments prompted a swift, vicious backlash from sertanejo fans, with a picture of his name scrawled on a toilet bowl quickly going viral.

Allan Oliveira, a professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, believes the media’s reaction was driven by panic at its ignorance of what is happening in large parts of the country. --from the OP (my emphasis)

Interesting. Why am I thinking...um...Bernie Sanders?

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