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América (Brazilian TV series)
América is a Brazilian telenovela that aired on TV Globo from 14 March 2005 to 4 November 2005. It is written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim and Marcos Schechtman. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. In the United States, Telemundo aired a Spanish-dubbed version of América in 2009.[1] PlotMain plotSol and Tião are born to different social backgrounds—she to a poor suburban family in Rio, and him to an even poorer family who raised cattle in West São Paulo State. They eventually meet, due to unlikely circumstances, but part again, as she has set as her ultimate priority to reach the United States or bust. While she comes to the U.S. to live as an illegal immigrant, he remains in Brazil and, despite many trials and tribulations, he becomes a successful rodeo cowboy. SubplotsAmérica has several secondary plots about a variety of compelling characters. These, for the most part, take place in four locales: Vila Isabel, a middle-class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro; Boiadeiros, a fictional town in West São Paulo State; the home of a rich family in Rio; and Miami. Various characters from each subplots often meet each other due to character linkages within the story. The main subplots were:
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MusicUnlike most Brazilian soap operas, América featured different styles of music for each milieu. Vila Isabel had only traditional samba, other parts of Rio de Janeiro included Brazilian pop and funk, São Paulo was scored with Brazilian country music and Miami, with a mix of American pop and Latin music. The songs used in América are:
01. "Soy Loco por Ti América" - Ivete Sangalo 02. "Até Pensei" - Nana Caymmi 03. "A Volta" - Roberto Carlos 04. "Pra Rua Me Levar" - Ana Carolina 05. "Feitiço da Vila" - Martinho da Vila 06. "Nervos de Aço" - Leonardo 07. "Mágoa de Boiadeiro" - Lourenço & Lourival 08. "Os Amantes" - Daniel 09. "Girassóis Azuis II" - George Israel 10. "Vida de Viajante" - Lenine 11. "She's a Carioca (Ela é Carioca)" - Celso Fonseca 12. "Você" - Marina Elali 13. "Um Matuto em New York" - Roberto Trevisan 14. "Sinfonia dos Sonhos" - Marcus Viana 15. "Órfãos do Paraíso" - Milton Nascimento 16. "Eu Sei que Vou te Amar" - Caetano Veloso
1. "Regresa a mi" - Il Divo 2. "Don't" - Shania Twain 3. "Home" - Michael Bublé 4. "Abrazame Así" - Tamara 5. "Amore e Música" - Russell Watson 6. "The Look of Love" - Diana Krall 7. "Summertime" - Michael Bolton 8. "A Horse with no Name" - America 9. "Redneck Woman" - Gretchen Wilson 10. "Pieces of Me" - Ashlee Simpson 11. "Por un Beso" - Gloria Estefan 12. "Cancion Mixteca" - Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan 13. "Besame Mucho" - Maysa 14. "Wind Shaking the Trees" - Darwing James Band 15. "Long Long Away" - Jesse Johnson 17. "Can't Get Over" - Kasino 18. "Breath" - O2 19. "Little Girl" - Lucas Babin 20. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - Happening ControversyGay kiss deleted sceneWhile being cited as a pop culture phenomenon previously, the soap opera received greater exposure in the media after a long-running (2005) storyline between two gay characters included a scene in which they share a kiss. The scene was scheduled to be air in the final episode, which created much anticipation from the gay community in Brazil. However, Rede Globo, the soap opera's production company, elected not to run the scene, much to the surprise of the writers, fans and actors involved. The event led to a number of protests for equal rights, condemning Globo for their actions.[citation needed] Criticism of the positive portrayal of rodeoBrazilian animal rights organizations criticized the telenovela because rodeo was favorably exposed in the story.[3] Several non-large-scale protests happened in several cities and activists tried to exhort a nationwide boycott campaign against the series. Coincidentally, the series faced a decline of its audience,[4] though that was not attributed to a boycott eventually. References
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