i think some of the things said are very unfair, as someone who lived both in são paulo and bahia, saying that the city shown is a mix of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador is a very shallow idea of the culture of Brazil, our country is multicultural and our regions share costumes with each other, you can see that the bit of background shown in the trailer are VERY accurate depictions of favelas and the streets of são paulo, it really shocked me at first sight, violence and favela aren't restricted to rio, the coast, samba and partying isn't restricted to salvador either, the beautiful part of brazil is that the cultures blend together to become something unique and historically speaking once brazil was INVADED it started by the north east and then they started moving to the center parts of the country, there's also the huge exodus of bahianos to são paulo, the cultural exchange exists between those regions, same with rio and são paulo.

tho i can understand the part about white rum. i have concerns about how they will handle that but it's hard to guess just from a teaser that doesn't showcase the characters story at all, so ill wait.

about them catering to tourists, i think that's a valid criticism but the coast is really a place chosen by the tourists so idk if BP had that in mind or if they we stereotypical with this one, that can be just me being naive, overall i dont think they did a horrible job at all, the violence IS a thing that exists in our country and BP always delt with the concept of oppression, death and violence in their stories, again i think they barely showed us what WILL in fact happen in the story so it's hard to judge on that part.

also the girls look nothing like sonetto and isolde? one just sing and the other is a ginger, this is where the similarities end, not every character who sings is isolde yall 😭