Overview

• Globo scheduled the chapter featuring Odete Roitman’s fate for October 6, marking a key moment in the 2025 remake.
• A Datafolha survey (2,005 interviews in 113 cities on Sept. 8–9) finds only 4% want the character killed, with majorities preferring poverty or prison as punishment.
• Cast members discuss what the remake may preserve or change, with Alexandre Nero saying he hopes Marco Aurélio reprises the iconic ‘banana’ gesture.
• Débora Bloch notes the villain’s unexpected popularity and reflects on the enduring allure of antagonists in Brazilian television.
• Taís Araújo voices concerns about Raquel’s trajectory and emphasizes the need for new narratives about Black Brazilians, as the remake reinterprets characters and themes.