September 15, 2004
Zé Carioca
Last night I watched the Disney film The Three Caballeros with my son. Of special interest to me was the section where Donald Duck goes to Brazil, accompanied by his Brazilian parrot friend, Zé Carioca. (The picture above is a scene from that part of the film.)
Not too many people here in the US are aware that Brazil has its own Disney character. Zé Carioca was created as a result of a trip to Brazil Walt Disney took with his wife and several of his key artists in 1941. The backdrop was WWII, and the US was very interested in maintaining good relations with it's largest neighbor to the south.
The result (for Disney) was the creation of a whole series of films and comic strips featuring the Brazilian parrot Zé Carioca.
Comic books featuring the aviary malandro are still published in Brazil.
Posted by Andrew on September 15, 2004 10:50 AM.
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Posted by: Tom at September 15, 2004 2:41 PM
Os três cavelheiros ! São o que há !
Bejos!
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- Walter
Posted by: Walter at September 16, 2004 7:15 AM
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huh...I didn't know anything about the Brazilian parrot made by Disney...kinda makes me wanna go rent that movie so I can see it.