Extra 266 – SOS Brazil

AP PHOTO Macau Daily Times | Edition 2668 | 21 Oct 2016 SOS BRAZIL initially was known only to cause flu-like symptoms in some ZIKA people. But a surge late last year in cases of babies born with small heads in northeast Brazil set off worldwide alarm about the virus. In Brazil, in places where Zika struck hardest, moms are crying for more help. X3 Movies: The Joneses Books: The Tourist by Robert Dickinson Music: Day Breaks by Norah Jones Wine: The Revolutionary Precursor Food & beverage: Why tomatoes lose flavor in fridge: their genes chill out X2 PÁTIO DA ILUSÃO illusion DRIVE IN Jake Coyle, AP Film Writer HE ONESES IS ANOTHER ‘T J ’ AP PHOTO STUDIO COMEDY MISFIRE he modern studio comedy centric Hollywood than comedy. increasingly feels limp, suf- The freedom necessary for co- Tfocated by the financial impera- medy to thrive is mostly found tives of high-concept plots and on television; the action is with desperately in search of signs of “Broad City,” ‘’Atlanta,” ‘’Insi- life. Greg Mottola’s “Keeping de Amy Schumer” and others. Up With the Joneses” is, like Mottola, the director of “Adven- many before it, fine enough. But tureland” and “Superbad,” has it mostly goes down as another been at the center of comedy on collection of funny people stuck both the big screen and on TV in too narrowly clichéd roles in (“Arrested Development,” the an overly familiar story. underrated “Clear History”), but It’s now been more than 10 “Keeping Up With the Joneses,” years since “The 40 Year-Old written by Michael LeSieur Virgin” and five since “Brides- (“You, Me and Dupree”) doesn’t maids.” (Feel old yet?) There have much of the naturalism that have, undoubtedly, been good has distinguished his best. comedies since, namely things Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher with Melissa McCarthy in them, play Jeff and Karen Gaffney, a Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha” regular suburbanite couple ex- and anything Wes Anderson is periencing an empty nest for the putting out. But there has been first time with their kids away perhaps no greater casualty to at summer camp. An impossi- the constrictions of blockbuster- bly stylish and accomplished AP PHOTO From left, Jon Hamm, Zach Galifianakis, Isla Fisher and Gal Gadot in "Keeping Up With The Joneses" couple moves in next door, the the Joneses” is a comedy about Mrs. Smith” and “The Ameri- 13 rating, the stock characters Joneses (Jon Hamm and Gal marital passion rekindled. cans.” When the bullets start or a thin script — the feeling Gadot, taking a break from her That the Joneses are putting up a flying, “Keeping Up With the never leaves that everyone here Wonder Woman duties). He’s a facade is evident from the start, Jones” has some moves of its could do better if they were travel writer who can blow his but the movie cleverly subverts own, thanks to the talents of really let loose. Alas, it’s going own glass; she writes a cooking the nature of their secret identi- Galifianakis (here playing a to take more than Wonder Wo- blog and wears cocktail dresses ties. They are elite government naive, aw-shucks character man to save the studio comedy. to neighborhood barbeques. spies of some sort, but not as that limits him) and the always But what makes the Joneses far removed from the normal game Fisher. Only Hamm ma- “Keeping Up With the Jo- most jealous of them is their squabbles and challenges of nages to create a three-dimen- neses,” a 20th Century Fox easy affection with one another. marriage as you might think. sional character: a James Bond release, is rated PG-13 by the Though its name is taken from The collision of international secretly yearning to be a regu- Motion Picture Association of the status-obsessed phrase first espionage thrills and quiet su- lar guy. America for “sexual content, made famous by a 1913 comic burban life has become fami- But whatever is cramping the action/violence and brief strong strip and coopted by the Kar- liar by now thanks to the likes style of “Keeping Up With Jo- language.” Running time: 101 Gal Gadot, left, and Jon Hamm dashians, this “Keeping Up With of “The Matador,” ‘’Mr. and neses” — whether it’s the PG- minutes. BOOK IT tTUNES READERS WILL FEEL LOST IN 'THE NORAH JONES RETURNS TO HER ROOTS TOURIST' BY ROBERT DICKINSON ourteen years later, we're still a deeply Fpolarized nation. Those who loved No- rah Jones' breakout debut album, "Come AP PHOTO it's a sci-fi novel that explores Dickinson has created an in- Away With Me," will enjoy "Day Breaks." various ramifications of time teresting premise to build his It's music for the coffeehouse crowd that AP PHOTO travel. somewhat vague future. Ele- prefers songs sung in an indoor voice. In a future that appears bleak, ments of the best sci-fi novels As for those who found Jones' early work people can take trips into the take time to explain how the too mellow, they're unlikely to applaud the past. These vacations are to future came to be, while also return to her roots. She's again serving up places such as a shopping mall making the reader feel immer- intimate ballads in a sultry alto with hints where tourists can mingle with sed in the minute details of the of jazz, and while the music is pretty, it's folks in the past while enjoying society. Not in this novel. Rea- also pretty polite. clear fresh air. ders will feel a bit lost because There's a disconnect when pulling down Every aspect of the excursion the author doesn't fully build from the cloud new music so grounded is known ahead of time. Every his world to make it unders- in the last century, especially the singer- detail of what everyone will ac- tandable. Dickinson explains songwriter heyday of the 1970s. "Flipsi- complish and do in their lifeti- little, creating a narrative that's de" echoes Joe Jackson, "It's a Wonderful Norah Jones, "Day Breaks" (Blue Note Records) me is established. both a struggle and somewhat Time for Love" borrows from Van Mor- Then a tour to the 21st century disjointed. rison and "Don't Be Denied" covers Neil comes back with one tourist Elements have to be familiar to Young. the energy level at times, as do horn arran- "The Tourist" (Redhook), by missing. The records say this establish the unfamiliar. "The On her original tunes Jones sings about gements on a few cuts, but Wayne Shor- Robert Dickinson woman didn't go missing, so Tourist" makes you feel a bit alcoholism ("Tragedy"), deceit ("Sleeping ter's squawky soprano sax seems jarring. this anomaly shouldn't exist. like a tourist on a bus with the Wild") and a relationship giving off the Jones' frequent piano solos, like her vo- obert Dickinson's latest If nothing is supposed to go guide speaking a foreign lan- wrong kind of heat ("Burn"), but she never cals, are lovely but restrained. Many lis- novel, "The Tourist," is bil- wrong, what happens when the guage. raises the temperature herself. Standout teners will likely find lovely to be plenty. Rled as a conspiracy thriller, but report and the facts are wrong? Jeff Ayers, AP drummer Brian Blade manages to boost Steven Wine, AP 21.10.2016 fri NEWS OF THE WORLD Adriana Gomez Licon, AP, Recife her five children live on the $250 her husband earns each month working at a warehouse. The health secretary for Recife state, Where Zika struck Jailson Correia, says the city has yet to receive funds from the state or federal government for a special child development division. The plan is to hardest, Brazil moms create a group of pediatricians, child neurologists, social workers and physical, speech and occupational therapists who treat children with say more help needed congenital Zika syndrome. Correia says the city has offered epilepsy drugs on a case-by-case seholds earning less than $70 a mon- basis because they are not provided th. They also want the government through the public health plan, but AP PHOTO to pay for medication for babies that help won’t last forever. with epilepsy, increasingly common “The city’s financial resources are in children whose mothers were in- already strained,” Correia told The fected with Zika during pregnancy. Associated Press. “We need the sta- “These are women in need of finan- te and federal levels to take a more cial aid, who are from remote towns active role.” and are finding new problems every Federal officials didn’t respond to day with their children,” said at- repeated requests for additional in- torney Viviane Guimaraes, who is formation about how they are res- helping several families enroll in a ponding to the crisis. program for the disabled. The Zika crisis comes as Latin Ame- State-run health care in Brazil is rica’s largest nation weathers a woefully underfunded, and patien- two-year recession that has pushed ts often wait months for treatment. inflation and unemployment to over People who can afford get care 10 percent. A proposal under con- through private health plans. sideration by Congress would cap Jusikelly da Silva says she is des- public spending, raising fears about perate to get a brain scan for her cuts for health and education. 10-month-old Luhandra, who was sitting up and eating solid foods before a seizure several months ago reating children with neu- s the sun dyes the early vernment health plans don’t cover which was later linked to a birth de- left her virtually motionless.

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