... sultry accent. She knew very little English, but ultimately that did not matter to the American people. They liked what they saw and clamored for more Carmen. With the culmination of Carmen Miranda and her fiery dance moves to her passionate songs and the motions of her eyes, no one needed to understand her lyrics they could assume that whatever Latin America had to offer ... her and wanted everything she stood for - including her heritage. Carmen was accused by her countrymen of becoming "Americanised." When she died she appeared to be just that. Her life just before her death emulated...

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