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[Rio Bob]

Most Brazilians in my educational range do not watch TV at all because there is so little quality.

TJ

Maybe they don't have a TV in that educational range?

[Rio Bob]

Strange that no one here ever mentionned the excellent brasilian TV serie Mandrake.

Mandrake is a brilliant Criminal lawyer (and also a wine and cigars amateur, a womanizer and a one-night-stand maestro). His main line of work is dealing with the characters from Rio's underworld on behalf of his clients: wealthy people, or high middle class people, who find themselves entangled with this parallel reality, mainly for sex affairs.

Thanks for the heads up on what looks like a very entertaining show, I am going to check it out.

[Prosal]

I realized you were informing us how lowbrow the show is. Seems to be one of those shows intelligent people laugh at because the characters take things seriously in a show that is ultimately simple and formulaic. Most Brazilians in my educational range do not watch TV at all because there is so little quality

Oh well.

Another know-it-all hardcore woremonger who doesn't know shit about this country and who has decided that it was his board by challenging with condescending attitudes everything that doesn't suits his tastes of culturally unaware cheap-sex-tourist-in-Copacabana.

Just a question Bubba : where have you met those "brasilians in your educational range" ..in Help? ..in VM?...in Tijuana brothels ? ..or in your rural Iowa white trash trailer park?

Do you even gibber two words of portuguese ?

Anyhow despite what you wrongly state, Mandrake was met with great enthusiasm by critics. For your information it was adapted from the character created by Rubem Fonseca, known for his sharp analysis of Rio de Janeiro's diverse society, who won the Camoes Prize, considered to be the most important Novel Award in Brasil.

[Sunset Strip]

Got it now. At first, I thought you were serious about this show having "cultural" value. LOL.

Then I realized you were informing us how lowbrow the show is.
Seems to be one of those shows intelligent people laugh at because the characters take things seriously in a show that is ultimately simple and formulaic.
Most Brazilians in my educational range (JD,PhD, or MD) do not watch TV at all because there is so little quality.

TJ

Strange that no one here ever mentionned the excellent brasilian TV serie Mandrake.

Mandrake is a brilliant Criminal lawyer (and also a wine and cigars amateur, a womanizer and a one-night-stand maestro). His main line of work is dealing with the characters from Rio's underworld on behalf of his clients: wealthy people, or high middle class people, who find themselves entangled with this parallel reality, mainly for sex affairs.

Definitely one of the most brilliant TV serie ever done in Brasil. Interesting perspectives about the upper-classes in Rio and their dirty little secrets, lots of (soft) sex and tons of moças bonitas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68RWb...eature=related

Some episodes synopsis :

- A Playboy falls for a prostitute and hires Mandrake to negotiate her "release" from the brothel where she works.

- When the nymphomaniac girlfriend of an Argentine pop star vanishes in the city, Mandrake is hired to find the girl.

- A famous stylist is blackmailed by an anonymous who threatens to expose his eccentric sex life.

- A colleague calls Mandrake to handle an emergency in an orgy at a millionaire's mansion involving prominent people.

- In search of a friend's niece turned call girl that went missing, Mandrake goes to Brasilia and investigates a bizarre sect headed by an influential politician.

- When an old friend gets blackmailed and indicted for corrupting minors, Mandrake investigates and uncovers unsuspected secrets.

Ect, ect ..

Here is the official site : http://www.hbo-br.tv/mandrake/

The whole serie is downloadable on Vuze.

[Prosal]

Strange that no one here ever mentionned the excellent brasilian TV serie Mandrake.

Mandrake is a brilliant Criminal lawyer (and also a wine and cigars amateur, a womanizer and a one-night-stand maestro). His main line of work is dealing with the characters from Rio's underworld on behalf of his clients: wealthy people, or high middle class people, who find themselves entangled with this parallel reality, mainly for sex affairs.

Definitely one of the most brilliant TV serie ever done in Brasil. Interesting perspectives about the upper-classes in Rio and their dirty little secrets, lots of (soft) sex and tons of moças bonitas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68RWb...eature=related

Some episodes synopsis :

- A Playboy falls for a prostitute and hires Mandrake to negotiate her "release" from the brothel where she works.

- When the nymphomaniac girlfriend of an Argentine pop star vanishes in the city, Mandrake is hired to find the girl.

- A famous stylist is blackmailed by an anonymous who threatens to expose his eccentric sex life.

- A colleague calls Mandrake to handle an emergency in an orgy at a millionaire's mansion involving prominent people.

- In search of a friend's niece turned call girl that went missing, Mandrake goes to Brasilia and investigates a bizarre sect headed by an influential politician.

- When an old friend gets blackmailed and indicted for corrupting minors, Mandrake investigates and uncovers unsuspected secrets.

Ect, ect ..

Here is the official site : http://www.hbo-br.tv/mandrake/

The whole serie is downloadable on Vuze.

[Billy Irani]

Gents,

I wonder if you can help. I'm thinking of going to RJ in October. I prefer using agencies as opposed to many incalls and clubs.

So anyway, I mailed an agency called 'bellaspacompanhantes' to see what they would charge for me to spend three days with a girl. Their response was 900USD per day.

Am I right in thinking this is extortionate? What should I paying and would a request in Portuguese have made a difference?

Also, if anyone knows how I can go about getting someone for that many days, I'd appreciate the info.

Bill

[Prosal]

Is the term "garota" a derogatory term?

Better say "menina". It's much classier. Or "moça".

[Dub624]

Gentlemen:

How many of you have used your IPhone in Brasil? Were you able to avoid the massive charges that many US based Iphone users have reported while out of the country?

Did you get the $6.99 (or whatever) international plan that is supposed to lessen the cost?

Any input here from IPhone users is welcome. I know if you simply turn the damn thing on in a foreign country it will update your email and everything else leading to a lot of $$ charges.

Many thanks in advance,

DaveWave

I took my unlocked jail broken iphone down in July. It is not on any U.S. based plan. I have skype and I made calls using WiFi. Used wifi in my apartment and on Avenida Atlantica. Surfed the net everything. I got a Tim card, but had a hard time getting it to work. I don't recommend them, but if you use Tim, don't pay until your phone is actually working. They will charge you for the card and don't guarantee it to work. No money back. If you have an iphone turn everything off...push...mail, anything that automatically updates. If you don't it will drain your minutes. To avoid all of these problems, get a cheap unlocked GSM phone from EBAY. Good luck.

[El Austriaco]

Is the term "garota" a derogatory term? I mean, if I use it for the word "woman" with a non-GDP Brazilian-American (male or female), would it be looked at with a raised eyebrow that I used that term or is it the exact same as "mulhere"?

Thanks.

Rodeo

"Garota" means literally "girl", so no, I don't think it's derogatory at all. As opposed to "mulher", I think it's clear "garota" refers to a young woman, yes, so it's not exactly synonymous. But think about "Garota de Ipanema", de famous Tom Jobim song. I don't think that the songwriter, Vinícius de Moraes, actually one of the most highly acclaimed Brazilian poets of the 20st century, was to insinuate that they were singing about a prostitute.

EA

[Rodeo9112]

Is the term "garota" a derogatory term? I mean, if I use it for the word "woman" with a non-GDP Brazilian-American (male or female), would it be looked at with a raised eyebrow that I used that term or is it the exact same as "mulhere"?

Thanks.

Rodeo

[Doc Simp]

That's the bad side of I-phone. As soon as you are out of your homecountry and home provider, you are at the mercy of wild rates. In that the Blackberry is unbeatable. I prefer to have an I-pod touch that has same functionalities as the I-phone, but with no phone feature (and bills). And I download those personal emails when I bump into a free wi-fi spot.

Get skype and before you leave forward your cell calls to a skype number. Get skype on your iphone and anywhere there is wifi you can received the calls, which on avenida atlantica. There are alot of places. Also, consider jailbreaking the phone, getting a brazilian chip from TIM all incoming calls are free. Make people who call you from the states pay the toll.

[BionicMan]

Gentlemen:

How many of you have used your IPhone in Brasil? Were you able to avoid the massive charges that many US based Iphone users have reported while out of the country?

Did you get the $6.99 (or whatever) international plan that is supposed to lessen the cost?

Any input here from IPhone users is welcome. I know if you simply turn the damn thing on in a foreign country it will update your email and everything else leading to a lot of $$ charges.

Many thanks in advance,

DaveWave

That's the bad side of i-phone. As soon as you are out of your homecountry and home provider, you are at the mercy of wild rates.In that the Blackberry is unbeatable. I prefer to have an i-pod touch that has same functionalities as the i-phone, but with no phone feature (and bills). And I download those personal emails when I bump into a free wi-fi spot.

[BionicMan]

http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-do...-year-daughter

brazilian's justice system did it again.

an italian family man was in fortaleza beach with his brazilian wife and 8 year old daugher. kissed his daugher on the mouth (no french kiss) which is common in italy. has been in brazilian jails ever since (about 6 days) and is denied freedom. sits with 15 common criminals who normally don't look kindly upon people accused of [CodeWord125] and abusing children (that are the charges).

i wonder if he already got raped and beaten up in jail.
he risks to stay another 15 years in jail.
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he has been sent to hospital for medical reasons. probably a way to keep out of reach of other inmates.
holiday today in brazil, the judge should update the case on tuesday.
let's see what happens and if the guy has to apply for political asylum ((

[Ee2002]

Gentlemen:

How many of you have used your IPhone in Brasil? Were you able to avoid the massive charges that many US based Iphone users have reported while out of the country?

Did you get the $6.99 (or whatever) international plan that is supposed to lessen the cost?

Any input here from IPhone users is welcome. I know if you simply turn the damn thing on in a foreign country it will update your email and everything else leading to a lot of $$ charges.

Many thanks in advance,

DaveWave

Other than unlocking your iPhone and buying a local sim card, your best way to avoid massive charges is to turn the data roaming function off. Once you do that you should be able to use the internet/ email on wifi only without any charges. The only problem is finding a good free wifi spot outside of your apt or hotel. As far as making calls not much that I can think of other than again an unlocked phone. It's cheaper to take a hit for making calls than for using the internet/ email on the 3g/ att network.


http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/in...ravel-tips.jsp

[JohnnyBraz]

http://human-stupidity.com/stupid-do...-year-daughter

brazilian's justice system did it again.

an italian family man was in fortaleza beach with his brazilian wife and 8 year old daugher. kissed his daugher on the mouth (no french kiss) which is common in italy. has been in brazilian jails ever since (about 6 days) and is denied freedom. sits with 15 common criminals who normally don't look kindly upon people accused of [CodeWord125] and abusing children (that are the charges).

i wonder if he already got raped and beaten up in jail.
he risks to stay another 15 years in jail.

at least brazil harbors italian terrorists (battista) and bank robbers (ronald biggs). the lesson: don't take your family to brazil. and if you have a kid, make sure it does not get kidnapped by his brazilian mother ( http://bringseanhome.org )

hey, don't associate ronnie biggs with terrorists.

he had a brazilian child which helped him escape british law.

his son micheal stood by him all the way, as he done everything to stand by him as a father. the british government would rather put a dying man behind bars, but they let terrorists who kill 100+ people go back to libya on compasionate grounds. but they leave ronnie in jail till the end. the lockerby bomber got a heroes welcome in libya. ronnies son now lives in london and transfers brazilian soccer players to english clubs. typical british justice.