Subverting the Leading Man: Tarcísio Meira in Cinema and Television

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2025.1.46952

Keywords:

acting studies, star studies, film history and aesthetics

Abstract

This study aims to examine the performance and the persona of Tarcísio Meira in film and television. Meira was the first hero of Brazilian television, whose “star text” was built upon uplifting and determined values. Later, cinema and television worked to deconstruct these values, allowing him to appear in distinct ways from the character of the leading man or romantic hero. We will analyze the formation of this persona through types of characters and modes of performance, as well as how films and soap operas deconstructed the ideal type by integrating the actor’s body into mise-en-scène procedures typical of modern cinema.

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Author Biography

Pedro Guimarães, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil.

PhD and Master's degree in Cinema and Audiovisual from the Sorbonne Nouvelle, in Paris, France; post-doctorate from the University of Strasbourg, France. Professor at the Department of Multimedia, Media and Communication (Institute of Arts) of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp), in Campinas, SP, Brazil, and at the Postgraduate Program in Multimedia (PPGMM) of the same university. CNPq Researcher 2.

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Published

2025-04-16

How to Cite

Guimarães, P. (2025). Subverting the Leading Man: Tarcísio Meira in Cinema and Television. Revista FAMECOS, 32(1), e46952. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-3729.2025.1.46952

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Cinema and Audiovisual