Pedro Cardoso says Globo is ending and sees strength in other companies

Having left Globo since 2014, Pedro Cardoso, 61, said he is concerned about what he defines as “a growing influence of the United States on Brazilian culture.” The actor and comedian also reflected on the importance of the network in the production of national content and made a prediction for the company where he worked for 31 years: “Rede Globo is ending, unfortunately,” he began.

Cardoso explained that Globo’s “fall” would have to do with the increasing number of productions on streaming services. “Despite all the problems, I think it’s really bad that we’re losing a broadcaster like Rede Globo and starting to live under American companies like Netflix and Fox,” Cardoso said without specifying what the “problems” would be during his participation in the program “Sem Censura” on TV Brasil, this Tuesday (16).

He then continued: “The owners of Rede Globo live in Brazil, they want to make money here, Brazil is important to them. These companies [Netflix e Fox] are American and Brazil is just an opportunity for them to make money. They have no interest in Brazil whatsoever,” he commented, also calling this movement “an American invasion.”

The actor pointed out that even working with comedy in Brazil has changed in recent times. “Stand-up is a very strong American tradition and it is the disappearance of the character. What we see most in TV shows and in the theater is this style among comedians. I think the disappearance of the character is serious. It is once again cultivating the excessive first person”, he concluded.

Cardoso was employed by Globo until 2014, the same year that “A Grande Família” ended after 13 years on the air. At the network, he participated in soap operas such as ““Baby on Board” (1988), “Owner of the World” (1991) and “Homeland of Mine” (1994) and of the miniseries “A,E, I, O Urca” (1990) and “Anos Rebeldes” (1992). He was the protagonist and screenwriter of the series “A Comédia da Vida Privada”, shown between 1995 and 1997.