Cinema’Cazuza: Good News’ dissects one of the greatest controversies of the singer’s career

CAZUZA, GOOD NEWdocumentary about the national rock icon, hits theaters on Thursday 17 July, directed by Nilo Romero and codire of ROBERTO MORETand dissects one of the biggest controversies of the singer’s career.

In addition to the moment, the film still revisits the most intense period of life and the work of Cazuza When, even facing the aggravation of AIDS, the artist lived an unprecedented creative explosion. Learn more about the documentary:

What is the controversy?

During a show, the execution of the song “Brazil” became historical: Cazuza It spits on the Brazilian flag twice. In the documentary directed by Nilo Romero and ROBERTO MORET The exact moment when the carioca singer spits in the national symbol is discussed and displayed.

THE Music composed of Nilo Romero, George Israel and Cazuzais considered one of the greatest screams of protest of Brazilian popular music of the 1980s. Launched in 1988, the song criticizes social hypocrisy, political corruption and false moralism of the country with blunt verses such as “Brazil! Show your face! I want to see who pays for us to stay like this”. Music has become a symbol of the indignation of a generation and consolidated the image of Cazuza as a combative and critical artist of the Brazilian reality.

The scene

During a show in Canecão, on October 18, 1988, the singer Cazuzawhich was presented at the time with the repertoire of the album Ideologyhe took a Brazilian flag, thrown by a fan on stage, and spit twice on the national symbol, later stating that he did not regret the act.

He explained that his gesture did not go to the nation itself, but the way the flag was used by some: “for everyone to wake up”He said, referring to what he considered an empty and opportunistic patriotism. Cazuzathe attitude was an artistic protest to question the “Sad and pathetic history”Of persistent inequalities and injustices in Brazil, such as very high inflation, social conflicts and environmental destruction.

The repercussion

The attitude generated massive repercussion: while some fans identified with their outburst, others were deeply shocked. Several celebrities spoke out against the act. Journalist Humberto Saad even said that he would not admit such offense to the flag.

In response to the controversy, Cazuza He wrote a letter explaining the real reason for the spits, however, it was only published by the newspaper O Globo weeks after his death. Check it out:

“There is a controversy, a scandal, as JB says Tuesday, October 18, with the fact that I spit on the Brazilian flag during the Brazilian song, on my Sunday show in Canecão. I really spit on the flag, and twice. I didn’t regret it.

Mr. Humberto Saad stated that I do not understand what the Brazilian flag is, that it does not symbolize power but our history. Okay, I spit this sad and pathetic story. The young Americans burned their flag in protest against the Vietnam War […]

People are not aware that Vietnam is right there in the Amazon that Indian children are bombarded and murdered […]? That South Africa is here, in this apartheid disguised in democracy, where more than fifty million people live on the sidelines of order and progress, illiterate and hungry?

I know very well what the flag of Brazil is, I wrapped myself in it in Rock in Rio along with a crowd that believed this country could really change. The flag of a country is the symbol of nationality for a people. Let’s love her and respect her the day what is written in her is a reality. For now, we are waiting. ”

On CAZUZA: GOOD NEWS

The news addresses one of the most intense, productive and symbolic periods of the life of Cazuza: Between 1987 and the beginning of 1989, facing the diagnosis of AIDS and a severe health aggravation, the artist lived a creative explosion, releasing three albums, being awarded countless times and performing more than 40 performances with the show Time doesn’t stop.

CAZUZA, GOOD NEW It is directed by Nilo Romero and has production of 5E60 Movieswith distribution of Kajá Filmes and Short Cine-Distribuidora, the Distribution Arm of the Short Channel.

Also read:‘Cazuza: Good News’ rekindles the memory of an indomitable artist; Read the criticism

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