: Experts from The Economist and Taipei Times suggest Brazil is following the global breakout path of South Korean cinema, following the recent Oscar success of I'm Still Here .
For decades, Brazilian entertainment was defined by a rigid trilogy: prime-time novelas on Globo, the thunderous drums of the Rio Carnival parade, and the raw, improvisational energy of samba de roda in Salvador. These pillars are iconic, but until recently, they operated in a vacuum, disconnected from the globalized, hyper-connected appetite of Generation Z and the millennials who grew up with broadband. veronica silesto transando updated