9 times Hollywood showed it knows nothing about Brazil

While the world slowly becomes aware of what happens in Brazil, many foreigners still only know our country through the many clichés created by pop culture. Stereotypical Brazil is hypersexualized, with people playing football and listening to samba, surrounded by thick jungle and avoiding monkeys and snakes. Oh, and someone probably has a gun. It is no surprise that when Brazil appears in a Hollywood movie, Brazilians brace themselves for the worst.

Here is a list of some of the worst takes on Brazil in film. Oh, and we’re not including that famous Simpsons episode, which we actually found really funny.

Gilmore Girls (2000)

Ok, this is not Hollywood, but still. In the series’ second episode, a ballet teacher says to her students: “Naked girls. No, no, keep those leotards on. This is not Brazil.” Yawn.

Moonraker (1979)

From time to time, Brazilians realize how little foreigners know about our geography. But few movies have massacred the Brazilian map as much as Moonraker, when James Bond travels to Brazil pursuing the evil Hugo Drax....