Da criação à representação: análise da série "Vale o escrito"

Abstract

Considering that “jogo do bicho”, despite being an illegal practice, is deeply inserted in the cultural and social context of Rio de Janeiro, the objective of this study is to analyze how the documentary series "Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho", available on the Globoplay platform, represents the practice of “jogo do bicho” and its ramifications. To this end, we bring as central concepts the notions of identity, representation and locality, from a perspective closer to Cultural Studies and Latin American schools. The methodology used will be the Analysis of Audiovisual Materiality (Coutinho, 2016), which allows us to evaluate the audiovisual material completely and without decompositions, and we will start from the conceptual foundation of the present work to build the axes of analysis, namely: representation, identity and cultural locality. And as preliminary results, we emphasize that the series builds a narrative that goes beyond the simple criminalization of bicheiros, also presenting them as influential figures in politics and local culture, as well as revealing the profound impact of the “jogo do bicho” on the identity of Rio de Janeiro, especially in relation to the popular classes, and the way in which locality defines power disputes.