The official answer appears to be NO.
I e-mailed the Brazilian Consulate in Houston, and this was their (ambiguous) response:
Dear Sir/Madam,
Tourist visa applications require the presentation of the itinerary.
Please contact this office once you have certain plans.
You don’t have to present a purchased plane ticket. A round trip reservation under your name will suffice.
It seems clear to me this was a copy-and-paste answer, and wasn’t intended to address my actual question of whether an entry reservation/booking was actually necessary.
But I suppose it’s probably safest to have my full itenerary planned before I apply.
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5 Mar, 2024
5 Mar, 2024