Starring Marco Pigossi, Alessandra Negrini and Julia Conrad, ‘Invisible City’, directed by director Carlos Saldanha of ‘Rio’ and ‘Ice Age’ fame, is an ode to these truly mythical Brazilian stories. Here is a list of fictitious beings you might encounter while viewing.
(L-R) Marco Pigossi as Eric and Manuela Dieguez as Luna in episode 1 of Invisible City. (Netflix)
Cuco: a humanoid crocodile
One of the best known Brazilian legends is that of the Cuca, an ugly old woman who appears in the form of a humanoid crocodile and robs disobedient children. The creature sleeps only once every seven years, an element which parents often use to scare children who don’t want to go to sleep, saying that the cuca will get them if they don’t go to bed.
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USA, Now An Innovation Loser From:
Falls from #1 to #11 Since 2013
STEM Skills the Major Culprit
Suggests a CCC-ish American Science Corp
Every year the report comes out. Every year the USA slips. This is my annual article reporting on the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2021 edition
The USA was 9th last year. Now, the USA has fallen to 11th in the annual ranking of innovation by country. Like last year, the continued slide (we were #1 in 2013) is due mostly to lack of investment in hard science, manufacturing, and technology education. In other words, STEM education.Â
See the Bloomberg Innovation Index report for 2020 here It s a truly rich report and it gives a great picture of which countries are primed, and are doing, great things. Is it a
Let’s face it, not all of us are going to be the “main character,” and that’s okay. Main character culture has ruined many of our perspectives on things, especially on