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Sunday, 19 May 2024

The Streets of New Orleans Under Quarantine

Credit: The New Yorker
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The Streets of New Orleans Under Quarantine
The Streets of New Orleans Under Quarantine

Scenes from a week of weirdness under lockdown, as residents of New Orleans practice social distancing to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

[passing car][horses trotting][passing tram][siren wails]- [Male] Realization.[camera shutter clicks][violin][upbeat string music]- That's so pretty![laughing][clippers buzzing]- That feels good, yeah brother.- I'm sure we're not.[indistinct talking on phone][upbeat music][passing traffic]- [Male] Say it, say I'm in charge.You know what that's off?- [Male] No.- [Male] The movie Hustle and Flow, man.[car horns honking]- Happy birthday Ellie Ann!- Happy birthday!Do you wanna come dance with us?Come on.Why did I hear my name?- Wow, this is great.Look at this.[trumpet]- [Female] Hi.Hi Easter Bunny.Thank you.Thanks Easter Bunny.- Bye Easter Bunny.- That's so funny.- [Female] That's our daycare lady.[bagpipes][piano]- That's understandable, okay.Sorry.- [Male] This is how we do it.[indistinct radio][bells ring][recorder]- [Female] That concludesthe Book of Revelations 20.A thousand years.- On a day you have mercy,the next thing you know,oh that's not enough, amen.Lazarus.Four days in the grave.His sister said, "By now he's stinking."But that don't matter whenyou got a whole pile amen.He walks up to the grave,says, "Roll away your stone."And he says, "Lazarus!"- [Female] Come forward.- Come forward.Right now we dealing with the coronavirus,and we dealing with it right now.We don't know how it's gonna turn out,we don't know oh who's gonna happenand what doctor's gonnacome up with the answerand who's gonna get the vaccine.But God said before thething even showed up,"Already got it figured out."- Amen, amen.- [Male] I'm trying to tell you today,that's you're God, he knows the end--- The end before the beginning.[clapping]♪ It'll be all over ♪♪ In the morning ♪♪ Come on everybody sing in the morning ♪♪ Blessings coming over ♪♪ Blessings burning over ♪♪ Hallelujah ♪

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