"When I look back at my first day of high school in America, I cannot not think of my Garfield t-shirt."

Episode 2: Garfield T-Shirt

In telling her story of immigration from Brazil to the United States at the age of 15, Bruna Massadas recreates an adolescent world overwhelmed by Americanized fantasies: the kind ruled by blond-haired, blue-eyed beauties; the kind filled with laugh tracks, dramatic closeups, and the inevitable happy ending. But she also depicts the actual America she soon encountered: high school halls crowded with immigrants and teenage hormones; nights plagued by typical worries over fashion and boyfriends, but complicated with anxieties over language and cultural assimilation.

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Episode 2: Garfield T-Shirt

Episode 2: Garfield T-Shirt