Inside the Mind of Favela Funk

Brazilian Underground Music Culture

Leon, I once again pile on to your reply to my comments about "Favela." C'mon brother, the film you suggested I see certainly does well-document worldwide poverty, and the 25+ minutes of the film I watched brought on tears of anguish for all the unfortunates who are victims of colonialism over the centuries. Most of them suffer much worse fates than I or my contemporaries endured. I applaud the film. However, whatever does all this suffering have to do with feeding raw pornographic non-music and a senseless tattoo craze to the poor of Brazil? And cell phones are used in needless ways by Americans and the rich and poor of all nations. Please don't use these specious examples to justify the terrible shit that emanates from the gutters of our country.. Good film though, friend. Thanks for the suggested viewing. Peace.

Leon, I read your reaction to my comments about the truly unfortunates who are condemned to live materially impoverished lives in favelas or any other ghettos on this abused planet. You probably mistook me to be some ultra right wing white man raised in a somewhat privileged life style. If so, you got that wrong. I'm a mixed race old man who grew up in the 40's and 50's in a housing project in Cleveland, raised by a hard-working mother who had to accept charity to keep her four child family together after losing her husband to TB. I probably know quite a bit more about poverty than a NY knee jerk liberal who knows only what this or that book tells him about the subject. Now, as far as my comments about this film go, my wrath is more directed at the boorish, filthy garbage produced by the US hip-hop scum industry, it's acceptance by the decadent American public, and then the export to these starving kids, (for food and culture) who are brainwashed into devouring destructive, violent, miscogonistic anti-culture along with their brain deadening glue huffing and tattoos that were bought instead of substanence for their families. And I suppose you find nothing offensive or sad about young black girls giggling about guys filling their mouths and private parts with their penises. I'm sure they'll mature into self assured women. Well, maybe not.
I'll read your suggested book so I can better understand what my personal experiences with racism and poverty failed to teach me.
Meanwhile, Leon, go git ya some booty call and play another Nicki Ménage and Lil Uzi Vert work of art.