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10 april, 2002

Rio Doh! Janeiro may sue Simpsons
When The Simpsons, America's favourite dysfunctional family, visited Brazil last week they made some offbeat observations.
The cartoon characters found Rio de Janeiro a city where men are bisexual, fearsome monkeys roam the streets and tourists are kidnapped by taxi drivers and mugged by children.
The ironic humour that has poked fun at middle American stereotypes for more than 10 years failed to get a laugh from the Rio tourist board, which is preparing to sue the producers, Fox, for damage to its international image and loss of revenue.
The issue may well develop into a diplomatic incident after the Brazilian president, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, entered the fray with claims the cartoon "brought a distorted vision of Brazilian reality".
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/simpsonssued.html

¶ 4/10/2002

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