I know that most of these clips are not examples of pure Brazilian culture, but I'm trying to find some things to share with my new students in the wee hours of the morning as they walk into the classroom - not only to keep them awake, but perhaps to make some points in our class lectures especially memorable. Some of these I probably won't use (like the Jerry Lewis and Mickey Rooney clips), but I want to remember that these clips are out there, even if I don't use them.
If we end up discussing Carmen Miranda in class, I think I'll reference Sadlier's discussion in Brazil Imagined of how Miranda was portrayed in film as an "Hollywood-ized" version of Brazilian culture (and sometimes not even Brazilian culture, but a generic South American culture that was more Spanish American than Portuguese American).
Rio 2 Auditions (with capoeira turtles and singing capybara)
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz: "The Girl from Ipanema" (1964)
Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz: "The Girl from Ipanema" in Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)
Astrud Gilberto was married to the musician João Gilberto between 1960-1964.
Montage of Carmen Miranda scenes, to music "O que vier eu traço"
Jerry Lewis spoofs Carmen Miranda with a version of "Mamae Eu Quero" in Scared Stiff
Mickey Rooney spoofs Carmen Miranda with a version of "Mamae Eu Quero" in Babes on Broadway
Xuxa (Só Para Baixinhos) 3
Brazilians in shock after World Cup humiliation against Germany (BBC News - 2014)
Anyone know of other good online video clips which help to give a sense of Brazilian culture (either today's culture or that of the past)?
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