But artists always found a way around it and produced incredible works that skipped by the censors.
This music by Chico Buarque was pure genius as he used the word Calice (chalice), which in Portugues sounds exactly like Cale-se (shut up) to mock the government.
Link: https://genius.com/Genius-english-translations-chico-buarque-calice-english-translation-lyrics
Replies to: "I lived in Brazil in that era and it was horrific. Repression of speech was everywhere."
- Bolsonaro sentenced to jail - trump re-elected. [NT]
- jimbasil - 10:01am 9/12/25
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- Indeed. America's integrity is forever tainted. [NT]
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- conorlarkin - 11:28am 9/12/25
- No. That happened 8 Jan 1828. Own it. [NT] - Hensou - 11:39am 9/12/25
- Fortunately, enough Brazilians recall what life was like without democracy...their lesson needs [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 10:45am 9/12/25
- I lived in Brazil in that era and it was horrific. Repression of speech was everywhere. [LINK]
- Curly1918 - 11:52am 9/12/25
- That's a shade of lipstick I haven't seen before ;-) [NT] - TyroneIrish - 12:06pm 9/12/25
- I lived in Brazil in that era and it was horrific. Repression of speech was everywhere. [LINK]
- Curly1918 - 11:52am 9/12/25
- Having lived in Brazil... their politicians on both sides are even nuttier than ours. [NT] - Curly1918 - 10:09am 9/12/25
- FYI you'll get downvoted because it's you, surely it's not because peeps are pro convict! [NT]
- Quest4twelve - 10:03am 9/12/25
- Surely. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:06am 9/12/25
- Indeed. America's integrity is forever tainted. [NT]
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- conorlarkin - 11:28am 9/12/25