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#31DaysOfHalloween Day 12: Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral

Every child born in Brazil in the decades from the 1980s to the 2000s was highly impacted by Xuxa. She hosted many TV shows along those decades and her records are to this days, the highest selling albums in the history of Brazil. Mind you that in my country, the children entrertainment industry was very strong in that time period and many celebrities became famous working for children. However, Xuxa is the only one who is still very much vocal for children's rights — as well as for the LGBTQ+ community, racial issues and veganism.

In 1988, she debuted as a moviestar with "Super Xuxa Contra o Baixo Astral" (or "Super Xuxa vs. Satan" in american VHS bootlegs). It was directed by Anna Penido and they had the highest budget for any Brazilian movie in the 1980s. Trust me, the box office was very worthy.

She's almost Dante in this movie, if you ask me. It starts with Xuxa painting the town with the colors of the rainbow and spreading positive news. Baixo Astral gets very angry with that and to try to stop her, he kidnaps her puppy. In trying to get her dog back, she goes on a long journey to finally get to the Baixo Astral's cave. She does get her dog back and it's able to defeat evil and set all children free from it. It is basically about remembering to always keep up with positivity. Afterall, that's the only way we can defeat negativity.

While I was getting the illustrations done for this year's Halloween special, I decided they would be posted chronologically. This means this is the 12th illustration. It is a very fortunate coincidence that today, October 12th, we celebrate Children's Day in Brazil. I did not calculate this, but I'm so glad it happened.