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    Olive tries to drag poor Popeye onto the dance floor, while Bluto looks on in delight

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART FOUR: TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE (CONCLUSION)

    Everyone Does the “Broadway Samba” Near the conclusion of “Samba Lelê,” Senhorita Olive Oyl ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Bluto and Popeye advance toward their “fun” destination: The cartoon Cafe in Rio

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART THREE: SAMBA YOUR CARES AWAY!

    A Clubbing We Will Go In the next sequence, Popeye and Bluto stride brazenly ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Paramount Pictures title card for ‘W’ere on our Way to Rio’ (1944)

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART TWO: WON’T YOU BE MY GOOD NEIGHBOR?

    Let Us Entertain You Nothing succeeds like success. And to repeat a successful formula, ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes
    Popeye (right) escorts Miss Olivia Oyla to the Cafe La Conga in “Kickin’ the Conga Round” (1942)

    ANIMATED BRAZIL — PART ONE: KICKIN’ THE COUNTRY AROUND

    I’m Popeye the sailor man / I’m Popeye the sailor man I’m strong to ...

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    Josmar F. Lopes

    The Snake Is Smoking: Echoes of World War II on the Occasion of Rio’s Triumphal Olympic Games

    The run-up to the Olympic Games in Rio was accompanied by numerous reports in ...

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    Norman Berdichevsky