Brutality Garden: Tropicália and the Emergence of a Brazilian Counterculture Christopher Dunn 276 pp., 12 color and 18 b&w illus. $55.00 cl $19.95 pb |
"Parque Industrial"
(Tom Zé)
A satire of developmentalist zeal, Tom Zé's "Parque Industrial" pokes fun at the unbridled faith in the redemptive powers of industrialization during a period of authoritarian rule. The blue sky is reduced to a polluted artifice that needs "touching up" for the grand occasion. In the recording, a brass band and crowd ambiance evoke the pomp of a military parade. The tropicalists maintained an ambivalent relationship to the process of industrial modernization in the 1960s. They were suspicious of patriotic notions of "progress," especially as a justification for authoritarian rule, yet also rejected the pre-modern, folkloric ideal of national culture advanced by certain sectors of the opposition. Another cut from the Tropicália concept album, the recording "Parque Industrial" featured vocals by Gil, Veloso, Costa, and Tom Zé.
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