The world is split between capitalism and socialism
New York is a split city
On one side, the yuppies – ambitious wall street young people
On the other, the punks – young anarchists who fight the system.
YUPPIES AND PUNKS
Are you recording?
Hello there, dear Abril Video viewers.
Once again with you, your reporter Ernesto Varela.
Today I'll be showing you a bit
of this beautiful city of New York.
Its most famous “neighborhood” is on an island
called Manhattan,
from the Indian “man hattus”,
which is the name of the tribe that used to live around here.
Well, I don't know how to get there.
Huh, please, please, huh, please, huh…
What can I do to go to Manhattan?
Go across the bridge, that's where we're going.
Oh, so I have to cross the bridge?
See that bridge over there?
– Yes, the bridge. – Yes.
– The bridge. – You can walk across it.
Ah, ok. ok. Thank you. I will, I will try.
– Ok. Good luck, good luck. – Thank you.
To make this report here in New York,
I had to rent a car from a French guy who lives here
in New York, his name is Phillips.
– Phillips, are you ready to go? – Of course.
Are you ready to go? I'm always ready.
Are you always ready? Let's go then.
Jump in, Valdeci, come here, let's go.
So, let's go to New York City.
Well, well, dear viewers.
It seems that we're arriving downtown
where the local commerce is.
Phillips, since you've been living here for so long:
which is the busiest avenue in town,
for us to show to the Brazilian people?
– Fifth Avenue – The Fifth Avenue?
Let's go there. Is it near? Is near from here?
Yes, yes.
Very well, dear viewers.
Here we are at the Fifth Avenue,
and these people passing through
are the famous Americans.
I had a few English classes before coming here.
Let's see if I get to talk to them.
Let's find out where they're going in such a hurry.
Hey man, excuse me. Where are you going
in such a hurry?
Where are you going in such a hurry?
– Forty-seven street. – What are you going to do there?
What are you going to do there?
– Getting back to work. – Oh, you're going to work.
– Thank you. – Where do you work?
– Forty-seven street. – Why are you Americans in such a hurry?
Got to make money.
They're in a hurry to make money,
and money makes them hurry.
They have to move, they have to keep on the pace,
so otherwise, you don't make a buck.
He's saying that everyone who lives here
has to keep the pace, has to be in a hurry.
Why?
Running, always on the run.
Why's that, always running?
Because if they don't run, they don't find any money.
And why do you need money for?
Well, to live, you know? Otherwise, it's a city
that takes a lot of money to live in.
Do you need a lot of money to live here?
To live, yeah. Otherwise, if you I don't get enough money,
I'll starve to death.
You Americans are always in a hurry.
Where do you want to get?
American people are always in a hurry.
Where are you trying to go?
Ah, perhaps we just have a lot of things to do in one day.
We plan things, but a lot more than other people, perhaps.
He makes plans for everything that will happen during the day.
So therefore, like, right now I'm in a hurry
because I have to go someplace at three o'clock
and it's already half to three o'clock.
He's in a hurry because he has to be somewhere
at three o'clock and it's already three… three, ok.
Ok, thank you.
May I do a fast question for Brazilian television?
Hm, I'm sort of in a rush, sorry.
You, she said she's in a rush.
You, they're always in a hurry around here.
Dear viewers,
time's short in this town.
We too will have to rush
in a way to show you something.
So I'll rush just a bit
dear viewers.
This is a place called East Village.
This is the most trendy place in New York nowadays,
dear viewers.
This is where the youth comes for a little walk.
East Village means “Aldeia do Leste” in Portuguese.
A lot of cool, dashing people and artists from all over the world
are moving in to this area.
Let's check what's interesting going on in here.
I'll take a little walk around.
Excuse me, may I do a question
for Brazilian television?
What? What?
Hey, man, yes.
What is the latest trend here in East Village?
What is latest trend here in the East Village?
What is the latest trend, man?
Underground music, man.
Underground music is the music that is underground.
Which band, which band is killing it around here lately?
So many good groups come and go, man, you know,
specially in the hardcore scene.
He says a lot of bands are doing well,
but you can notice that their accent is changing,
they've got different ways here in the East Village.
Please, hum, are you hum, are you religious?
Are you religious? Because of the cross.
No, I wear it because of the looks man, you see.
You want one? You want one?
Yes.
Give me a safe 'cause I've pierced ear.
He, he…
You want a pierced ear?
Why is he wearing that crucifix in his ear?
Where are you from, man, Brazil?
Yes, this is going to Brazil.
This is going to Brazil.
Do you have any interesting thing
to say to Brazil?
This is going on in Brazil now, do you have any ideas...
What's going on in Brazil now?
Fuck you, fuck you.
No, no, no, no, we, we are peace punks,
we believe in peace and love and anarchy, man.
Shut the fuck up, mind its rules, man.
Peace and love?
Sex and violence, peace and love.
Central America should be stopped, because
we believe in peace.
She believes in peace in Central America.
Central America?
American capitalist TV companies filming us: go away!
He… he doesn't believe in capitalist TV channels filming him.
Huh, you're not a capitalist? You are not capitalist?
– No, I'm an anarchist. – We're anarchists.
He's an anarchist. And how do you manage
to organize yourselves?
And how do you do organization to the anarchists?
What?
You wanna buy me two quarts of beer if I give you
an interview, man?
Oh, he wants to charge me for the interview.
Buy me two quarts of beer, man.
These dudes are too capitalists, let's get out of here,
let's go.
This is where people cut their hairs
here in the East Village.
How many people work here
in your barbershop?
Thirty-two.
Thirty-two people?
Right.
And out there, dear viewers, there's a line
with like fifty-two people.
How many people are waiting “for” cut hair?
Hundreds a day, hundreds a day, they wait in the line.
There're people waiting out there every single day.
How many days do you work for a week?
Everyday, seven days a week.
This is a barbershop that works for 7 days a week
and never… the line never ends, there're always people
trying to cut their hairs.
As you can see, it's fashionable to do
this platform hairdo around here.
He sits the dude in the chair, goes spinning and cutting
till he makes this little platform on his head.
This East Village haircut reminds me
the military haircuts from back when I was in the army.
This is the “marine 1950”.
This is a what-year-marine, you say?
This is very… this is beautiful.
– Nineteen… – 1950.
– Fifty? – Yeah, between 1950 and 1940.
He says it's a 1950's marine haircut.
It seems that the past is trendy
here in the East Village, dear viewers.
Are you from New York or elsewhere?
You are from New York or other part of the world?
Oh, from other part of the world.
Which? Where, where?
I'm born in Laos.
She was born in Laos. Where is it?
It's communist, it's next to Vietnam.
It's a communist nation, near Vietnam.
But I'm a Thai citizen, and I live here now.
I'm a new yorker.
She's now a New Yorker.
I love it here. It's freedom.
Freedom. There's freedom in here.
Why did you paint your hair that way?
Why did you, huh...
My hair? Hum, I like it. And there's freedom, it's equal,
opportunity for anybody, any race, and it's like
you can make money because you're talented,
and nobody really cares how you're dressed like.
He says you can do anything in here
and no one cares. You got a really nice hair.
It's green and yellow, the colors of our national flag.
The colors of the flag of Brazil… the color.
– Oh, thank you. – What do you do here?
She makes a life clothing call trip for “Trash and Vaudeville”
We are clothing designers, manufacturers.
Oh, she's a fashion designer. Which is?
– That store, “Trash and Vaudeville”. – Ah, may I show them?
Please.
Let's check it out, dear viewers.
What kind of clothes is in fashion
here in the East Village?
Well, I'm Ernesto Varela and I'd like to be in fashion.
This can go around your neck.
Many types of bracelets…
What is that?
What is this?
A bullet belt. A bullet belt.
– It's a belt? – Uhum.
– Ah, it's a belt? – Uhum.
Oh my god, it seems that fashion nowadays
is very violent, dear viewers.
I'll get a bunch of clothes in here
and I'll try them to see how they look.
Are you from New York, or are just sightseeing?
Are you from New York or are only...
I speak English, I speak English.
Are you from New York?
New York? New York?
New York or Japan?
Japan.
Are you just sightseeing?
Are you only in vacations? Holydays?
Vacations.
What interesting places you know in New York
for us to visit?
Which place, where go?
Where beautiful place to go here?
– Beautiful? – Now.
– Now? – Yeah.
(answers in japanese)
– Which place... – Which place.
– Yeah, a beautiful place to show to television, to Brazil?
– Television. – Yeah, which place? Which place?
– Central Park. – Central Park?
– Central Park. – Where's the Central Park?
Central Park.
I think I'll have to take the subway.
– Central Park. – I'll take the subway then, to go
to the Central Park.
Thank you very much for your tip.
Central Park.
Alright, I'm going there, thanks! Thank you!
– Thank you. – Bye, bye, I'm going there.
Central Park.
To get to the Central Park we have to take
the subway. You can seize the opportunity
to get to know the NY subway system.
Come with me, dear viewers,
let's take the New York subway.
Watch out, watch your step, Valdeci.