An adaptation of “Extravagance,” a text by Wilson Sayão, in which three of the sketches that make up the work were staged:
* Caviar and Champagne – or, Season in the Baixada Fluminense
* Coca-Cola and Sandwich – or, Tragedy at the Flamboyant Manor
* Bread and Water
The dialogues between the couples were interspersed with theatrical numbers infused with the peculiar colorfulness of Tá na Rua’s language, which invades the black-and-white lives of these characters. There were also scenes featuring a ventriloquist and his puppets – Humanito and Brasilito.
*Caviar and Champagne* portrays a millionaire couple who returned from Europe too early for Carnival and, to cope with their profound boredom, decide to plan a “safari” in the Baixada Fluminense.
*Coca-Cola and Sandwich* depicts a middle-class couple newly settled in Barra da Tijuca discussing their relationship and new lifestyle. Both, especially the man, attempt to belittle each other. In the end, the man strangles the woman and delivers a speech in her honor.
*Bread and Water* illustrates the total scarcity and helplessness of an extremely poor couple. The man arrives home, and his pregnant wife, expecting their second child, asks for the nail polish she had requested. However, he comes home empty-handed, having been fired, which leads to a heated argument as their infant child won’t stop crying. In an attempt to silence the baby, the father ends up killing it.
The play discusses the struggles of human beings – rich, creative, passionate, and fertile – in a sterile, closed world bound by ideologies, and it highlights the harm this does to everyone, how it mistreats people, whether rich or poor.