SatiricalcomedysetinRiodeJaneiroaboutageneral’splayboysonmeetingaleftistintellectualwhowantstowrite/filmtheplayboy’sdolcevita.Variousshenanigansfollowinathinly-disguisedattackonthemilitaryrégimewhichstartedinBrazilin1964andendedonlyin1985.Butalreadyfrom1966onwards,thecensorshipkeepsonchangingitsfocusand,littlebylittle,gettingreadyfortherepressionofpoliticalexpression.CensorstakecoursesattheUniversityofBrasilia,withthecriticPauloEmilioSallesGomes,andintheopinionstherebegintoappear,sidebyside,cutsofamoralandideologicalbent.InElJusticero[TheJustMan],byNelsonPereiradosSantos,of1968,“theanalysisofthecensorsindicatesthepresenceofscenesandphrasesofvulgarslangmixedwithknownclichésofsubversivepropaganda”.Allthecopieswereseizedanddestroyed.Nelsonwasonlytoseethefilmonceagainyearslater.“In1967,censorshipdirectorsandheads,untilthencivilservants,werelittlebylittlereplacedbysoldiersand,attheendof1968,almostallthestaffinmanagementismilitarized.WiththeAI-5,andtheextensionofcensorshiptoallculturalproducts,awell-organized,ferociousandimplacableprohibitioncomesontothestage”,Leonorsays.
