Yeah, that’s what I mean. I feel the same about Spain. Brazil is significantly more relevant than Portugal. They’re no Luxembourg, but they’re not Australia either.
You’d think so, and to an extent, you’re right. But I hear about it quite a bit, more positive than negative. Portugal? Nope. Nothing. I’m not sure I could name a person or fictional character from Portugal. Brazil, I know at least a few.
I looked that up, since I’ve never heard of it, apparently he was Portuguese in that version, but he was turned Spanish in the most recent version. Damn, stealing the Portuguese rep they need. I’d like to know more about modern Portugal. I’ll probably do a little bit of research today.
No, still Portuguese. The show opens with a explainer saying the Spanish went west and Portuguese went east due to the church decreeing how the world would be split amongst the two countries.
He’s head of a western european state of 10M people. Portugal is mid-tier when it comes to most metrics In the EU, but they’re not no-one.
Yeah, that’s what I mean. I feel the same about Spain. Brazil is significantly more relevant than Portugal. They’re no Luxembourg, but they’re not Australia either.
Except being a LatAm country, they’re dismissed by the west.
You’d think so, and to an extent, you’re right. But I hear about it quite a bit, more positive than negative. Portugal? Nope. Nothing. I’m not sure I could name a person or fictional character from Portugal. Brazil, I know at least a few.
Captain Rodriguez from Shōgun immediately came to mind for me. I prefer John Rhys-Davies’s version over the newest on-screen rendition.
I looked that up, since I’ve never heard of it, apparently he was Portuguese in that version, but he was turned Spanish in the most recent version. Damn, stealing the Portuguese rep they need. I’d like to know more about modern Portugal. I’ll probably do a little bit of research today.
No, still Portuguese. The show opens with a explainer saying the Spanish went west and Portuguese went east due to the church decreeing how the world would be split amongst the two countries.
Spaniards were half a world away.