And what’s most amazing is no part of it is exaggerated or sensationalized
That’s not true. The show is incredibly accurate for a TV show, but it’s still a dramatization and adaptation to western’s entertainment. It’s not a documentary, and there are many pointed innacuracies.
Brazil’s top universities, the ones everybody wants to join, publish research and look good on your resume, are the public universities. They’re entirely free, and if you can prove you don’t have sufficient income, most will also provide somewhere to live (shared, but still) and free meals.
In other words, high quality education doesn’t need to depend on your income. Protest against that, vote against that.