A cuíca está roncando: uma abordagem dos aspectos visuais das revistas carnavalescas de Walter Pinto dos anos 40, e seu diálogo com o carnaval carioca

Abstract

This research deals with several aspects of the musical theater ( teatro de revista ) produced by Walter Pinto in Rio de Janeiro especially the carnival type (40s) , emphasizing the increasing modernization of the production, the greater professionalism, the cultural dynamics, and visual splendor found in it, resulting from the businessman's dialogue with plastic concepts developed in different cultural media (national and international), such as the parisian musical theater, the hollywood cinema, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, among others. It is also proposed to investigate how the carnival imaginary was constructed in the producer's carnival shows, through the various elements, characters, and texts that integrate them, working with the hypothesis that his shows translated by the glamour, luxury, and scenic apparatus of great proportions inspired aesthetic changes in the idealization and achievement of the samba schools parades of Rio de Janeiro.