caught with pants down
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novapsycheUncle Sam's Genitals Go on Display
Uncle Sam, that symbol of U.S. patriotism, has a front seat on an extravagantly decorated float in the parade of samba schools in Rio de Janeiro's upcoming Carnival.
It won't be a pretty sight though. His pants are down around his ankles, his genitals exposed for all to see, and his outstretched fingers smeared with ink.
And somewhere out in the crowd will be hundreds of Saddam Hussein look-a-likes.
[...] "It is critical and satirical," Sao Clemente vice president Roberto Gomez told a visitor to the warehouse. "Uncle Sam will reflect the frictions between the United States and Brazil."
The two countries have been embroiled in a dispute this past year over international trade accords. When the float was first designed, Uncle Sam was to be squatting toilet-fashion over a model of the Brazilian Congress, Gomez said.
Then Washington offended Brazilians by imposing compulsory fingerprinting when they entered the United States. Brazil retaliated with a similar measure.
"With the fingerprinting, we decided to move him to the front of the float," Gomez said.
Uncle Sam is also be gagged, symbolising a perceived U.S. clamp-down on freedoms.
Uncle Sam, that symbol of U.S. patriotism, has a front seat on an extravagantly decorated float in the parade of samba schools in Rio de Janeiro's upcoming Carnival.
It won't be a pretty sight though. His pants are down around his ankles, his genitals exposed for all to see, and his outstretched fingers smeared with ink.
And somewhere out in the crowd will be hundreds of Saddam Hussein look-a-likes.
[...] "It is critical and satirical," Sao Clemente vice president Roberto Gomez told a visitor to the warehouse. "Uncle Sam will reflect the frictions between the United States and Brazil."
The two countries have been embroiled in a dispute this past year over international trade accords. When the float was first designed, Uncle Sam was to be squatting toilet-fashion over a model of the Brazilian Congress, Gomez said.
Then Washington offended Brazilians by imposing compulsory fingerprinting when they entered the United States. Brazil retaliated with a similar measure.
"With the fingerprinting, we decided to move him to the front of the float," Gomez said.
Uncle Sam is also be gagged, symbolising a perceived U.S. clamp-down on freedoms.
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Date: 2004-02-09 10:47 am (UTC)I really want to go to Brazil someday - they seem to have a good grasp on how to live.