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What Massaro meant by “incoherent”
Massaro was explaining the connection between his own public disclosure and his role in Os Primeiros Soldados. He described the timing of the film’s German premiere as “providential”: he felt he could not talk about the film while keeping his own sexuality hidden.
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“Seria incoerente e desonesto da minha parte interpretar um personagem gay, ser gay e esconder isso. Não faria sentido.”
A careful English translation is: “It would be incoherent and dishonest of me to play a gay character, be gay, and hide that. It wouldn’t make sense.” This is a translation of the Portuguese wording reported by POPLine, not an English-language quote.
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Who Massaro plays in Os Primeiros Soldados
According to POPLine, Massaro plays Suzano, a gay biology student who returns to Vitória, in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo, after studying abroad. Set in the early 1980s, the film follows Suzano as he lives with AIDS and tries to protect his sister and nephew from the effects of his condition.
How Massaro described his family’s experience
Massaro said conversations with his family about his sexuality took patience and unfolded step by step. He also described the film as meaningful for his parents’ process of seeing him play a gay character while knowing that he was gay. Those are his personal reflections as reported by POPLine, rather than an independently established account of his family’s experience.
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What he did to prepare for the role
POPLine reported that Massaro revisited Cazuza – O Tempo Não Para, watched other films and interviews from the period, and read Hervé Guibert’s Para o Amigo Que Não Me Salvou a Vida while preparing. The reporting establishes these as materials he cited; it does not establish whether the book or film is currently available in any particular market.
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