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A big publishing house not Googling how to spell a major capital's name? We LOVE to see it. https://twitter.com/madstalkcomics/status/1349313949976711169
By all means, Wonder Woman, PLEASE save us from Señor Soasa's greed for not helping the people of Saint Paolo... *checks notes*
Stuck in traffic?
Stuck in traffic?
Wait, traffic? Not the overrun homeless situation where people freeze to death in the winter? Not the lack of food and shelter to them? Not the abhorrent crack addiction districts that get overly-policed by cops looking for a free punching bag?
Traffic? That's the concern?
Traffic? That's the concern?
Notice the design of all the cars in those panels are fancy, advanced, luxury vehicles.
I have never seen a less Brazilian looking city, even OVERWATCH got that right with Lúcio's stage, JFC.
And Overwatch made LÚCIO.
I have never seen a less Brazilian looking city, even OVERWATCH got that right with Lúcio's stage, JFC.
And Overwatch made LÚCIO.
That's it, I'm pulling out the big guns:
I'm going to read a comic book for the first time in ages.
I'm going to read a comic book for the first time in ages.
I'm begging international companies to give us some money to proofread your writing.
And this, folks, is why you research a country's gastronomy before writing about their culture.
Food IS culture. We drink other things than cachaça.
Food IS culture. We drink other things than cachaça.
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Credit where credit is due: Yara (I've discovered she is a Brazilian Wonder Woman, though not sure if she's taking up the mantle or just another WW) knows something Superman doesn't, "Gods are real", and he dismisses it because he's so smart, he's Superman!
Then later, while Yara is calling him out on his hipocrisy (She went all the way to Metropolis because HE wanted to ask HER to join the League) and going off about real issues in Brazil, she takes a jab at him
"I'll deal with the Sun God. Because they ARE real."
"I'll deal with the Sun God. Because they ARE real."
Can't quite tell how many of these people are Brazilian from name alone, but at a glance, sure doesn't look like many were involved.
Overall, Yara is just as weak of a character so far as any other international attempt at portraying Brazilians.
The mythological part about Kuat is outside my realm of knowledge, but everything else has this Gringo Eyes to it.
The mythological part about Kuat is outside my realm of knowledge, but everything else has this Gringo Eyes to it.
Hell, the cachaça thing is ridiculous, especially becaude you have a character called Kuat.
You know what you could have him drink? Soda.
Only Brazilians would get that. It'd be a hilarious inside joke.
You know what you could have him drink? Soda.
Only Brazilians would get that. It'd be a hilarious inside joke.
When you create a character that is from a specifc culture, you are actively changing your target audience. Who is that character for?
It's for me. It's for my cousins. It's for Brazilians. It's not for John Doe who goes to school in the Bronx.
It's for me. It's for my cousins. It's for Brazilians. It's not for John Doe who goes to school in the Bronx.
Wonder Woman in particular is a DANGEROUS pick to make into a Brazilian character because to do that you need to have MASTERFUL knowledge of our mythos.
And by "our" mythos, I mean native-indigenous people.
And by "our" mythos, I mean native-indigenous people.
Fun Fact: Brazil has no Gods.
The indigenous people do. THEY are the ones with the mythos.
The indigenous people do. THEY are the ones with the mythos.
Imagine if DC made a Wonder Woman who is from the US and said "This Wonder Woman is the daughter of an Amazonian Warrior and an American Rain God."
Do I expect DC to know exactly which tribe Yara's father is supposed to be from? No. I wouldn't expect any Brazilian to know that because of the way our education system erased it all BUT BOY HOWDY THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CAN OF WORMS.
This thread is turning into a whole thing I was gonna write about how the North American and European entertainment industry has never successfully created a good Brazilian character because they fail the most basics of character writing.
In short, put in effort into research and details.
Spider-man is a New Yorker superhero. Superman is an alien who landed in the countryside town of Smallvile.
Yara is Brazilian. She's from the Amazon Rainforest. *sigh*
Spider-man is a New Yorker superhero. Superman is an alien who landed in the countryside town of Smallvile.
Yara is Brazilian. She's from the Amazon Rainforest. *sigh*
