Vale Tudo author Manuela Dias responds to Taís Araújo's criticism

The author of the "Vale Tudo" remake, Manuela Dias, briefly addressed Taís Araújo's public criticism of her character's storyline. Dias stated that the novela is a collaborative process, implying Araújo's public critique was not part of that collaboration. Araújo had expressed frustration over her character's narrative regression. Araújo felt the character's downfall contradicted the potential for a positive, ascending narrative for Black women in Brazilian television.