134. Lacuna

The Allusionist

Helen Zaltzman

Arts, Education, Words, Linguistics, History, Entertainment, Helen Zaltzman, Etymology, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

If you were in Brazil during the military dictatorship of 1964-1985, tried to bake a cake from a recipe in the newspaper, and were served with a sorry mess that tasted disgustingly salty, it wasn't your fault. What you thought was a recipe was actually a message from the newspaper that they were being censored.

Designer and researcher Crystian Cruz opens up the TOP SECRET files, to share the fake weather reports, single nipples vs a pair, soap opera characters getting bumped off, and the problems with kung fu.

Find more information about the topics in this episode at theallusionist.org/lacuna.

There is one swear towards the end of this episode.

The music is by Martin Austwick. Hear Martin’s own songs at palebirdmusic.com or search for Pale Bird on Bandcamp and Spotify, and he’s @martinaustwick on Twitter and Instagram.

The Allusionist's online home is theallusionist.org. Support the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/allusionist. Stay in touch at twitter.com/allusionistshow, facebook.com/allusionists how and instagram.com/allusionistshow.

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0:00.0	This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zoltzmann, exchange handmade friendship bracelets
0:08.6	with language.
0:09.6	Today, we are continuing with the theme of cakes in South America as means of messaging.
0:16.4	Pick to the scene, you're in Brazil during the military dictatorship of 1964 to 1985.
0:21.7	You've clipped a cake recipe from the newspaper and you're making the cake but it's very confusing
0:28.3	and then it comes out all flat and tastes absolutely disgusting.
0:32.5	Look, it's not your fault.
0:34.7	It's not meant to be a cake.
0:36.2	It's a message on with the show.
0:47.5	My name is Christian Cruz and I'm a graphic designer, researcher.
0:52.2	I used to work as our director of magazines and newspapers in Brazil and I'm doing a PhD
0:57.7	about censorship, how effects creative work.
1:01.8	Diving to a period that we remember from Brazil, from the dictatorship from the 60s to the 80s.
1:09.0	From 1964 to 1985, Brazil was ruled by a military dictatorship but the passing of institutional
1:16.1	act number five in 1968 made censorship a fissile of TV, music, theatre, films and the press.
1:25.2	Even in how they would proceed before having the censor working in the newsroom, they would
1:29.4	just make a phone call and they wouldn't even identify themselves.
1:33.9	They usually start the sentence by saying, by superior order, that was it, like the starting
1:39.3	line.
1:40.3	They would just say, yeah, by superior order, you can't say anything about the bank assault
1:46.0	from today or you can say anything about the kidnapping that happened in São Paulo
1:50.4	two days ago.
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