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An entertaining rivalry [1] in the fashion world

The soap opera Ti-Ti-Ti is about the cool world of fashion and shows us an entertaining war between the designers Victor Valentim and Jacques Leclair

When they were children, André Spina and Ariclenes lived in the same neighborhood and used to fight all the time. But they grew up, began their own families, and each one went their own way. After a long time, they met up, this time in the cool world of fashion. André had become the designer Jacques Leclair and Ari the mysterious and talented Victor Valentim.  This plot [2] was originallydreamed up [3] in 1985 by Cassiano Gabus Mendes, the author of Ti-Ti-Ti and other classics of Brazilian television. At that time the main characters were played by actors Reginaldo Farias (Jacques) and Luis Gustavo (Valentim).  The remake has been written by Maria Adelaide Amaral. Ti-Ti-Ti (Globo) has been a success, with its entertaining scenes and an involving plot which grabs[4] people’s attention. Part of the success can be credited to the talent of the actors Murilo Benício (Ari-Victor) and Alexandre Borges (André-Jacques).

The talented actors, Murilo and Alexandre

Murilo Benício was born in Niterói, is 39 years old, and began his television career in 1993. He has been the main character in several Globo soap operas and has played the most varied characters, from cowboys (América), to villains (A Favorita), and comic characters, such as Arthur, in Pé na Jaca. The actor has also appeared in several films and plays.  Alexandre Borges was born in Santos, and is 44 years old. Before beginning in TV, he acted in several plays in the 1980s. The actor hasbuilt up [5] a rich body of work [6], including dozens of soap operas, TV series and movies, as well as plays. In 2009 he took the spotlight as the troublesome [7] “Raul Cadore”, in the soap operaCaminho das Índias. Marriages do not normally last long in the celebrity world, but Borges is an exception – he has been married to the actress Júlia Lemmertz for 17 years. 

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Matéria publicada na edição de número 57 da revista Maganews.

Áudio – Aasita Muralikrishna

Foto – divulgação

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Vocabulary

1 rivalry - rivalidade

2 plot – trama / história

3 to dream up – criar / imaginar

4 to grab – agarrar / prender (a atenção)

5 to build up – construir

6 body of work – aqui = currículo

7 troublesome - problemático