Madame Satã Brazilian Popular Culture

Tittle: Madame Satã

Genre: Biography,Drama,Crime,Musical

Year: 2002

Plot:From the seedy slums of 1930s Rio de Janeiro emerged a feral, explosive, and legendary creature known as Madame Satã - criminal, surrogate father, performer, lover, fighter, and driven Afro-Brazilian gay man. João was jet-black, six feet tall, 180 pounds of proud muscle in a silk shirt and tight pants, a cutthroat razor in his back pocket. Director Karim Aïnouz brings Satã’s violent “birth” to life in this visceral, energized feature. This sex-filled, incredible drama focuses on three characters: João (Ramos), the man the film is about, Laurita (Cartaxo), his lover/whore/mother of his adopted child and Tabu (Bauraqui), a drag queen who keeps the house and makes Madame Satã's costumes. This is a music-filled, magical journey to a world of "hoods and queens" in Rio that you won't soon forget. tlavideo

 

                                            

Transgender model steals the show in Fashion Rio

Patricia Araujo received a standing ovation after parading along the runway for the Complexo B brand late Friday to end the weeklong event in a city that delights in shocking the prudish with each year's Carnival celebration.

Tall and slim, the dark-haired Araujo entered the catwalk wearing a long fur coat and quickly unveiled a short black-and-white dress to the applause of the hundreds of guests at the event.

This was published last Jan via seatletimes