LETTERS
Outraged I
I was shocked when I received my February issue and opened page six, to see there a pornographic picture in a magazine that obviously is not pornographic. I was even more upset because my two-year-old daughter was with me at the moment. I thought Brazzil had a higher standard and didn't need this kind of picture to increase circulation... Obviously I was wrong and I will not even consider renewing my subscription. The photo is offensive, in bad taste, and totally inappropriate for this magazine.
Via Internet
Outraged II
Just a little note to say Nossa! You guys really crossed the line in your Rapidinhas section this month of February. Showing nude calendar girls is one thing, but showing a girl with a bottle half way up her buceta is really pushing it. Even my liberal-minded Brazilian friends were offended. I like to show your magazine to people at my work, but I won't be bringing in this issue.
San Diego, California
Outraged III
The page-six picture on Brazzil's February issue is disgusting. I am sorry and embarrassed that I gave friends a subscription of the magazine. The type of image portrayed in that edition is exactly the image that Americans have of Brazil, specially of the women, cheap, dirty, and easy. There are a lot of other images worth showing to the world.
Via Internet
Outraged IV
Unfortunately it's a disappointment having to go through this "show of tchan" in order to check important news on your WEB page. If you publish this kind of material just to call attention, I feel ashamed and cannot give your address or have a link from my sites to yours despite all the valuable informative material that you have. Sorry. Congratulations for the rest of the material.
Via Internet
Outraged Too?
I noticed the February issue is listed as my last one, so I'm sending in my $3 for another year's subscription. Keep up the fine job and I always appreciate the tasteful photos you run in the Rapidinhas section!
Chicago, Illinois
How Could You?
Kathleen de Azevedo takes a little trip by bus to Maceió ("Back Home", Brazzil, January '97) and thinks the whole world has to be like the US. Maceió is a lot more than a brown haze, old typewriters, empty hotels. Usually, tourists don't go to Maceió to stay in hotel balconies. They are out enjoying all that the waters' paradise has to offer. Maceió has colonial buildings, modern buildings and mansions, beautiful popular houses, simple houses and favelas too.
I go there every year and stay two or three months to refill my soul and mind with love, sweetness, simplicity and the reality of life. Live to work, work, work, surrounded by cold new machines, go to the beach to see tens of little shops all the same? How boring! I don't blend here, I blend there.
San Francisco, California
Not Convincing
Are you running out of contributions from Brazilian writers? We really think you should rely on lighter material than João Antônio's "Joãozinho da Babilônia" short story (Brazzil, January '97). If you want variety give hard news a chance. Real life will have a lot of that stuff. Is it why you changed the magazine's name for? You should strive to bring the beauty of Brazil not what seems to us to belong to the "play-macho" magazines.
Los Angeles, California
The Fairest No More
You used to be the best site in the world for Brazilian news. Now you have so many images that it takes 15 minutes just to get to you. What a shame! I have to disable my images to go anywhere. I will have to get a faster link since 28.8k is not good enough. I don't think I will visit you guys anymore. It is sad.
Sydney, Australia
Via Internet
Moving
I just finished reading the article about Ronaldinho ("Ronaldinho Superstar, Brazzil, February '97) and I confess that I could not control my emotions. Congratulations! The article is so touching and beautifully written that I will make some copies of it and distribute them among my fellows who still don't subscribe to Brazzil. Obviously I will do it only if you allow me to do so.
Unfortunately TV stations here in the US show very little about Brazilian football and Brazilian players currently playing in Europe, like Ronaldinho. So it has been hard to be up to date on this matter. But thanks to Brazzil as well as to Mr. Peter Castles I could matar a sede e a fome at the same time.
San Diego, California
Brazil Attraction
I just read your article on Ronaldinho on the Web and thoroughly enjoyed it. Ronaldinho is truly an amazing player. I am a senior at Georgetown University and although I have never been to Brazil I feel an incredibly strong pull towards it based on everything I have learned. Living in Brazil is a dream that I am willing to do anything to bring to fruition.
Baltimore, Maryland
Via Internet
What's the Fuss?
I just got back from São Paulo and Rio and maybe I'll move to Ubatuba, however I have great difficulty in understanding the B. S. over skin color in Brazil. What in hell is the hang-up here? Most women I came across wanted a white man and were not interested in my Negro friend. He is far more educated than I am, is a lady killer (not like O.J.) and is one of America's wealthiest (which he did not show). I am appalled by this behavior while my friend is still laughing at it.
Canada
Via Internet
Getting to Know Jovino
Thanks to Bruce Gilman's very well written article on Jovino and his music (Brazzil, December '96). Though I am a Brazilian (from Santos) living in the San Francisco Bay Area, I had not heard of him before. Now I know his music is superb and will be visiting Tower Records soon.
Berkeley, California
Via Internet
A Decade More
Please renew my subscription for ten years. I keep forgetting to renew on time. If you can think of any resources on the Internet about business opportunities in Brazil or about relocating to that country please let me know.
Washington, DC
