O “Paraíso tropical”: a Bala Perdida e a Mega-Sena / The “tropical paradise”: the lost bullet and lottery winner

RESUMO

A “mega-sena” e a “bala perdida” são produtos do imaginário brasileiro uma, desejada; a outra, temida. Podem ser situadas, numa primeira observação,em extremos opostos – felicidade e infelicidade. O trabalho procura refletir sobre estes ícones, revelando-os como expressões do “acaso”, mas dentroda perspectiva de um “Jogo de Azar”. Assim a dor tropical será pensada como um excesso que parece ser mais bem equacionado através dessa identidadeficcional denominada “tropical”, marcada por dois fatores o exotismo e o racismo.

ABSTRACT

The “lottery winner” and “lost bullet” are products of Brazilian imaginary. The first one is desired, the second is feared. At first sight, both can be situated as extreme opposites, i.e. happiness or unhappiness. This paper reflects about these icons, revealing them as “expressions of chance”, but inside a perspectiveof a “game of chance”. Thus, the tropical pain will be thought of as an excess that can be better solved through this fictional identity called “tropical”,marked by two factors exoticism and racism. These manifestations, in this context, are products of a reference of origin which should be better elaborated