Sunday, June 10, 2018

Princess Xuxa and the Bunglers (1989)


Brazilian films, and especially Brazilian humor and music, don't fare well in the U.S. This film has the Trapalhoes, four comics who have done a ton of films, but only the "Brazilian Star Wars" is seen here and it just gets mocked. This also has Xuxa Meneghel, whose made a number of odd films - largely music videos aimed at children, it would seem (really, Brazilian film is unfathomable) - and this is one of two I've seen. I might review the other eventually; it has monsters. In this one, a tyrant on another planet has kept the princess in the dark about his diabolical plans and four guys try to save her and topple the bad guy. There's a bunch of slapstick; the verbal jokes are lost in translation.
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  1. Ira BrookerJune 17, 2018 at 12:38 PM

    The story of Xuxa's brief foray into American children's TV is at least as interesting as this film sounds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xuxa_(TV_series)

    I have vague memories of my little brother watching her show, but even then it was only to mock it.

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