“Bye Bye Brazil”
The movie takes place in mid to late ’70 in Brazil. The "Gypsy Lord" of a traveling tent show that winds its way through the back roads of Brazil, playing to tiny villages along the edge of the ever-shrinking jungle. A star-struck young accordionist is enamored by the troupe, and he and his pregnant young wife join them, jostling around in the back of the truck. Thus, the story hangs partly on man's desire to have a "better life," to escape poverty and boredom for what seem like the romantic, adventuresome and bountiful lifestyle of the rovers. With the arrival of electricity and television to the villages, the troupe finds that the audiences are no longer lining up to see the seductive "Solome, Queen of the Rhumba". They arrive in one such village to find the streets deserted and the entire population gathered around one television. Our young accordionist being in love with Solome decides to cheat on his wife, while she is sitting outside of the tent that he
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Gypsy Lord, Queen Rhumba, Lord Solome, Lord Color, gypsy lord, , decision solome, wife child, pregnant wife, bus stop, leader decides,
Approximate Word count = 653
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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