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 | | It has often been said that the real difference between American and Brazilian historical experience is that in the USA, formal political independence resulted in real economic independence, whereas in Brazil, formal independence led only to British freetrade imperialism in the nineteenth century, and to American economic domination in the twentieth. |
 | | American movie and TV productions swamp Brazilian screens, but there is little reciprocity, not because of poor quality or quantity in Brazilian film (the exact opposite is the case), but because it's cheaper for Brazilian screens to show American material that has usually already covered its costs in the home market. |
 | | Brazilians have always enjoyed parodies, and those of the twenties and thirties, which poked fun at North American genres such as westerns and gangster movies were particularly popular. |
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