Porta dos Fundos (literally "Back Door") is a Brazilian comedy

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channel. It was established in 2012 by Fábio Porchat, Antonio Pedro Tabet, Gregório Duvivier, João Vicente de Castro and Ian SBF in Rio de Janeiro. Its videos often feature closed captions in English.

Overview

Porta dos Fundos releases sketches depicting social situations in a satirically exaggerated manner. The parodies have been made on numerous themes, including religion, drug use, relationships, sexuality (as in its series '' Viral''), political corruption and everyday frustrations. There are also parodies of history and fiction. The channel has sparked some controversy; Porchat said it occupied a blank space "that Brazilian television's conservative nature and obsession with iewingfigures have missed." The group refused several offers to bring it to television because "freedom is essential for us," stated Porchat. In 2014, however, Porta dos Fundos signed to

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Brazil; the show premiered on Fox on 14 October 2014, and only exhibits sketches that are already on their YouTube channel. A theater film titled '' Contrato Vitalício'' was released in Brazil on 30 June 2016. They became the first Brazilian YouTube channel to reach 10 million subscribers. Porta dos Fundos made cameo appearances in ''

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'' 2013 and 2015.

Crew

Cast

* Antonio Pedro Tabet * Fábio Porchat * Gregório Duvivier * João Vicente de Castro * Luis Lobianco * Gabriel Totoro * Thati Lopes * Rafael Portugal * Karina Ramil * Evelyn Castro * Pedro Benevides * Camillo Borges * Macla Tenório

Former

* Marcos Veras (2012–14) * Marcus Majella (2012–14) * Letícia Lima (2012–15) *

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(2012–15) * Júlia Rabello (2012–15) * Rafael Infante (2012–16)

Staff

* Ian SBF – screenwriter, director * Rodrigo Magal – editor, director * Gregório Duvivier – screenwriter * Fábio Porchat – screenwriter * Antonio Pedro Tabet – screenwriter * Gabriel Esteves – screenwriter * Luanne Araujo – editor * Gustavo Chagas – making of director * Alice Ventura – assistant director * Gui Machado – cinematography * Nataly Mega – production director * Bianca Caetano – producer * Ohana Boy – producer * Lívia Andrade - producer * Bruno Menezes – audio * João Marcos –

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* Juli Videla – costume designer * Luciano Iulianelli – financial analyst * Amanda Moura – commercial director * Marcela Briones – commercial analyst * Arthur Santiago – graphic designer

Filmography

Films

Series

Attack on headquarters

On December 26, 2019, it was reported that the headquarters of Porta dos Fundos, which is located in Rio de Janeiro, suffered from a

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bombing. A Brazilian Integralist religious group which dubbed themselves the "Popular Nationalist Insurgency Command of the Large Brazilian Integralist Family" claimed responsibility for the attack, even filming themselves attacking offices while wearing ski masks. The group, which attacked the headquarters on December 24, 2019, also criticized Netflix and labeled ''The First Temptation of Christ'' as

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. One of the attackers was identified as Eduardo Fauzi Cerquise, who later took a flight to Russia and was put on the Interpol wanted list.

References

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