The bus driver at the end was played by my brother, Lawrence Beron, and I think it was some of the best acting he’s done. He’s best known for his Larry Ragusa King Cake videos, which you can find here on TH-cam. Sadly, he passed away in September, 2023.
One of the most criminally underrated shows ever. Ever. I’ve never learned more and have been entertained simultaneously by any other week-to-week program than this.
i am a katrina survivor that spent 6 days on the streets of new orleans and witnessed through my eyes what the media didnt or couldnt report. may we never forget what was done to us. god bless new orleans.
Yes, the aftermath was horrific. I met my husband BECAUSE of Katrina - he left New Orleans and came to NY in search of maritime work. We became friends, marrying in 2008. Now we are retired and live here - in the French Quarter. The family joke is "It only took a hurricane for Cindy to land a husband!" LOL. But it was no joke for people who were here - as Ric told me sadly, later on. I am NOLA by marriage, and love my adopted city fiercely, warts, problems and all. There is simply no place like it on earth...
Born and raised in the lower 9 and then the 8th. Went to Capdau Jr. high. i was one of 5 white boys out of 316 and i only had issues i had were from the kids from across the canal in indian village. Every one from my hood knew and respected me and my family. Also, I went to ALL THE COOKOUTS!!!! lol I was in da parish for katrina. A neihgbor who rode out the storm on his 60ft+ shrimp boat went over my then fiance's house. It was insane
As I sit here a little teary eyed from this powerful scene… much love & respect to Mardi Gras Indians, Indigenous Americans, and Afro Indigenous hueman beings 💜💚💛. Love my people & Happy Mardi Gras.
This is really some of the most incredible drumming I've ever heard... and the way that god awful diesel engine on the bus completely overtakes the drums just makes the scene all the more powerful. Little details are what make David Simon shows so amazing.
47 year old white boy here from Michigan but lives in Virginia now. Treme is the best show I have seen in ages. Thank you for teaching me so many things about the NewOrleans culture, music and the old time Indian things as well. Best production HBO has ever done along with the Sopranos.
This is maybe my favorite part of Treme: the respect paid to this living history, 'disguised' as tradition. I never knew about this relationship & this past/part of New Orleans, African Americans and Native Americans. As an aging white dude, I'm thrilled to finally learn about this part of the fabric of the Country from my favorite city on the planet. Late as I may be to the truth of it, I'm warmed by the fact that the story is being told so well.
I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s we were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol Sorry for the novella
the last shot of the scene with the indians looking down the street as the bus pulls away...with the vivid blue feathers and red and yellow flame against the greyish stormy foreground is the most poignant part of the scene.....as the indians said in their hyme they are strong proud and they wont bow down.....brilliant much respect
I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s we were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol Sorry for the novella
The beautiful and inspiring thing about this scene -- and about "Treme's" depiction of the Indians in general -- is that it shows that the Indian tradition is time-honored, deep and personal to the people who created it and live it. It is NOT entertainment for the masses. We outsiders should feel privileged and reverent. And, like the bus driver who realizes he has intruded, we should remember that the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians are a proud people whose culture should be respected.
In downtown NY, on Washington Street is a blues and jazz bar: AUTOMATIC SLIM..And outside, on the brick wall, in a large plastic box frame, there hangs a picture of Big Chief Tootie Montana, in full regalia. I have taken the time to learn and read about him. I will often go by, nod my head respectfully, since even I (a 70 year old Italian white lady from NYC?) know who he was, and why he was a man of such respect. Not just in New Orleans Indian culture - but in culture, period.
I just started getting into the show, didn't know much about Mardi gras history, so I looked it up, the Mardi gras Indians are an awesome piece of history and really beautiful to watch. This show did it well
My sister lives in downtown NY's West Village; and across the street from her, is a blues bar - Automatic Slim.. Hanging outside in a square lucite frame is a photo, (in full splended feathered costume), of Big Chief Tootie Montana. Most NYers don't even know who he is..Pity those fools....But I do...
My dear husband Ric...(we're married ten years now) came up from New Orleans to NYC in October 2005, because (he was a merchant seaman) the maritime industry, along with pretty much everything else - was destroyed when Katrina hit his beloved city with a one-two bitch slap. We became friends, and wed in 2008. Now that our family caregiving tasks are complete, we can honor a long ago wish: my 95 year old mom, (rest her soul) loved my husband, and me. She made us promise we'd move back to New Orleans, after she was called Home. And settle there...which we are planning to do, next year.
This scene is so brilliant and so moving because it ends exactly as you DON’T expect it to. The bus driver suddenly realizes that he (and the mindless tourists on his bus) are intruding on a sacred ceremony. He says “you’re right, I’m sorry,” and at that moment there is understanding and compassion between white and Black New Orlineans. Extremely powerful end to that episode.
i am white. I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s so were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me, so my friend and i stayed-for years. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol Sorry for the novella
God Bless & Love to all of the people of New Orleans, I (and the people of the the United Kingdom)......... give you our Love and RESPECT in your time of extreme loss and hardship. Words are only slight comfort: "Against every strain of grass that is lost to the storm, there remains a seed embedded in the soil, that will grow, and replenish the grass that has been lost, and a field will grow, yet again" - quote : unknown
Great Respect for Everyone. Remember that there will be a Great Reunion one day soon. May we all dance, sing, and love one another in the Presence of the Holy Creator as one family.
There are so many things wrong with the name 'Katrina tour' - the fact that it's just so tacky is an insult to the injury that is all of the other things wrong with it
Every time I see this scene it reminds me of when I saw some people I'm guessing were Quakers (they were dressed like Amish people) on the corner of Claiborne and Forstall in the 9th ward after Katrina. That was some surreal shit. Almost as bizzare as watching the Saints win the Super Bowl.
pretty sure he inherited the title from his father before the storm, and on further obsessive watching Chief Monk calls him Big Chief Daryl. but thanks for the tip about BTH
@Dmaclv Yeah. A lot of people don't know. But it makes sense since both groups were oppressed by whites during the early history of this country. Oppressed groups find solace and learn to relate to one another. Another good example would be the union of blacks and latinos in certain urban areas of the usa.
I don't think Darryl is the Big Chief but he is to the right of the bass drum w/ white shirt, glasses long hair. Look for Bury the Hatchet trailer on IMDB for a good histoy of the Mardi Gras Indians. Big Chief Monk says "drive away sir" and Darryl " JUST DRIVE AWAY!!!
can anyone confirm the cameo by chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters. Darryl Montana son of the immortal Big Chief Tootie? @metalcut brilliant series, very accurate depiction of it in this scene, thank you for posting it
this music is very similar to angolan music Semba. The brazilian Samba is also from semba, there's a region where they play the most raw(from the slaves) samba and it sounds a lot like this
Those in the bus are shooting pictures with the flash on BEHIND the windows. It's a blatant display of ignorance, as I'm sure the show-runners wished to imply.
Stop calling the indigenous "Indians". They are not from India, they are not American. They were here before a thing called America. In the least, call them indigenous!!!
The bus driver at the end was played by my brother, Lawrence Beron, and I think it was some of the best acting he’s done. He’s best known for his Larry Ragusa King Cake videos, which you can find here on TH-cam. Sadly, he passed away in September, 2023.
RIP mayne. I didnt even know he was sick😔
@@williemays2 Thank you. He didn’t want people to know and we respected his wishes.
One of the most criminally underrated shows ever. Ever. I’ve never learned more and have been entertained simultaneously by any other week-to-week program than this.
Agreed
This is honestly one of the tenderest moments in TV history. When the dude instantly gets why he's wrong... Be like that dude. Seriously.
Exactly. Big Chief even subtly nods at him like "No harm, no foul, son..."
i am a katrina survivor that spent 6 days on the streets of new orleans and witnessed through my eyes what the media didnt or couldnt report. may we never forget what was done to us. god bless new orleans.
We watched the devastation and injustice unfold from here in England. We felt your pain and anger. God bless 👊🏽
Shout out to the N.O. I hope you survived Hurricane Ida. Y'all WILL bounce back.
Yes, the aftermath was horrific. I met my husband BECAUSE of Katrina - he left New Orleans and came to NY in search of maritime work. We became friends, marrying in 2008. Now we are retired and live here - in the French Quarter. The family joke is "It only took a hurricane for Cindy to land a husband!" LOL. But it was no joke for people who were here - as Ric told me sadly, later on. I am NOLA by marriage, and love my adopted city fiercely, warts, problems and all. There is simply no place like it on earth...
Born and raised in the lower 9 and then the 8th. Went to Capdau Jr. high. i was one of 5 white boys out of 316 and i only had issues i had were from the kids from across the canal in indian village. Every one from my hood knew and respected me and my family. Also, I went to ALL THE COOKOUTS!!!! lol
I was in da parish for katrina. A neihgbor who rode out the storm on his 60ft+ shrimp boat went over my then fiance's house. It was insane
As I sit here a little teary eyed from this powerful scene… much love & respect to Mardi Gras Indians, Indigenous Americans, and Afro Indigenous hueman beings 💜💚💛.
Love my people & Happy Mardi Gras.
This is really some of the most incredible drumming I've ever heard... and the way that god awful diesel engine on the bus completely overtakes the drums just makes the scene all the more powerful. Little details are what make David Simon shows so amazing.
One of the great moments in TV. Exceptional depth and artistry.
47 year old white boy here from Michigan but lives in Virginia now. Treme is the best show I have seen in ages. Thank you for teaching me so many things about the NewOrleans culture, music and the old time Indian things as well. Best production HBO has ever done along with the Sopranos.
Don't sleep on The Wire
You gotta go visit.
This show is a masterpiece.
David Simon and crew are dons, also The Wire and The Deuce are awesome.
Don’t forget The Corner, and of course Homicide:Life on the street
These are facts
This is maybe my favorite part of Treme: the respect paid to this living history, 'disguised' as tradition. I never knew about this relationship & this past/part of New Orleans, African Americans and Native Americans.
As an aging white dude, I'm thrilled to finally learn about this part of the fabric of the Country from my favorite city on the planet. Late as I may be to the truth of it, I'm warmed by the fact that the story is being told so well.
I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s we were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol
Sorry for the novella
Clarke Peters WAS Big Chief Albert Lambreaux!!
He was also
Lester Freemon on The Wire.
MAGNIFICENT
Actor!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Don't forget Curt on The Corner, he's so believable in every role.
@@sardonicnihilist5955 Yes! I forgot that!
Versatile actor
and really bowlegged🤗
@@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL and we know the Bunk made him walk like that :P
@@sardonicnihilist5955 Brother you watch the same programs as me!
You are definitely a GENIUS😉🤗
A haunting scene. Treme is slow paced but pulls you in
the last shot of the scene with the indians looking down the street as the bus pulls away...with the vivid blue feathers and red and yellow flame against the greyish stormy foreground is the most poignant part of the scene.....as the indians said in their hyme they are strong proud and they wont bow down.....brilliant much respect
I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s we were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol
Sorry for the novella
This scene devastated me.
This scene is sacred - a visual work of art - Thank you David Simon!
A great depiction of a beautiful, sacred thing.
Reason 12,837,787,494 of Why I Love Louisiana!
Sho nuff. And amen.
The beautiful and inspiring thing about this scene -- and about "Treme's" depiction of the Indians in general -- is that it shows that the Indian tradition is time-honored, deep and personal to the people who created it and live it. It is NOT entertainment for the masses.
We outsiders should feel privileged and reverent. And, like the bus driver who realizes he has intruded, we should remember that the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians are a proud people whose culture should be respected.
In downtown NY, on Washington Street is a blues and jazz bar: AUTOMATIC SLIM..And outside, on the brick wall, in a large plastic box frame, there hangs a picture of Big Chief Tootie Montana, in full regalia. I have taken the time to learn and read about him. I will often go by, nod my head respectfully, since even I (a 70 year old Italian white lady from NYC?) know who he was, and why he was a man of such respect. Not just in New Orleans Indian culture - but in culture, period.
I just started getting into the show, didn't know much about Mardi gras history, so I looked it up, the Mardi gras Indians are an awesome piece of history and really beautiful to watch. This show did it well
This reminds me of Santeria drumming. It is a msytery babylon thing.
My sister lives in downtown NY's West Village; and across the street from her, is a blues bar - Automatic Slim.. Hanging outside in a square lucite frame is a photo, (in full splended feathered costume), of Big Chief Tootie Montana. Most NYers don't even know who he is..Pity those fools....But I do...
Trust me, in New Orleans, they are revered and respected by everyone....
Real Indians
Smooth Lester Freamon!
😅😅😅😅
This is still one of the more rousing versions of Indian Red recorded.
My dear husband Ric...(we're married ten years now) came up from New Orleans to NYC in October 2005, because (he was a merchant seaman) the maritime industry, along with pretty much everything else - was destroyed when Katrina hit his beloved city with a one-two bitch slap. We became friends, and wed in 2008. Now that our family caregiving tasks are complete, we can honor a long ago wish: my 95 year old mom, (rest her soul) loved my husband, and me. She made us promise we'd move back to New Orleans, after she was called Home. And settle there...which we are planning to do, next year.
Did y’all make it back, Cynthia?
@@kamtheman106 Hope she did. :)
I hope you are happy, wherever you are
@@kamtheman106 You bet....It's 2022 now....We live in the Pontalba.
@@chinchin7418 2022 now. We live top floor, in a loft in the Pontalba. Jackson Square FQ...cheeers.
R.I.P. CHIEF BLACKFEATHER
That was the best scene from the show. If they were not coming to help they needed to go. Tragedies don’t need spectators and looky Lou’s.
Indigenous Americans are here. "My Indian Red"
Geez. I read about the tours, but I can't believe anyone would be that dense. He's lucky he got out of there alive..
What a study in contrsts is this..very touching.
So moving! Thank you!
Love this scene, if only to remind everyone that Katrina was about real people and humanity.
Thank you!!!! I'm glad somebody spoke that!
I've got goosebumps
This scene is so brilliant and so moving because it ends exactly as you DON’T expect it to. The bus driver suddenly realizes that he (and the mindless tourists on his bus) are intruding on a sacred ceremony. He says “you’re right, I’m sorry,” and at that moment there is understanding and compassion between white and Black New Orlineans. Extremely powerful end to that episode.
yep. exactly. I appreciate that you read that, cool person.
i am white.
I grew up a few blocks away . i'm white, but my family had been there for decades (maurice st. ), before white flight, some back in the70s and 80s so were deeply respected in the community. .All the old black ladies would beat me ass on the way home if they found out we got stopped by the rail road dick or something. I could go anywhere for miles in any direction and i was safe. I even snuck around the 9th Ward Head Hunters while they practiced for a while until we were caught and a few vouched for me, so my friend and i stayed-for years. 10 year old me watching all of our history. That went on for years. i cannot tell you how many times i marched with them. Now i have to push tourists out the way for the big chiefs, because they have no etiquette or idea what they are doing. Some get pushed hard. lol
Sorry for the novella
Big Chief of the nation!
God Bless & Love to all of the people of New Orleans, I (and the people of the the United Kingdom)......... give you our Love and RESPECT in your time of extreme loss and hardship. Words are only slight comfort:
"Against every strain of grass that is lost to the storm, there remains a seed embedded in the soil, that will grow, and replenish the grass that has been lost, and a field will grow, yet again" - quote : unknown
Great Respect for Everyone.
Remember that there will be a Great Reunion one day soon.
May we all dance, sing, and love one another in the Presence of the Holy Creator as one family.
There are so many things wrong with the name 'Katrina tour' - the fact that it's just so tacky is an insult to the injury that is all of the other things wrong with it
Great show, top 5 from HBO
"If the shotgun don't get u, The tomahawk gone split u."
Every time I see this scene it reminds me of when I saw some people I'm guessing were Quakers (they were dressed like Amish people) on the corner of Claiborne and Forstall in the 9th ward after Katrina. That was some surreal shit. Almost as bizzare as watching the Saints win the Super Bowl.
Ok I gotta watch this now
@1:00 goosebumps
You got it just right, my friend :)
@erinlusk It sure is included! And best part of all... the soundtrack comes out in 4 days!!!
Wow...
pretty sure he inherited the title from his father before the storm, and on further obsessive watching Chief Monk calls him Big Chief Daryl. but thanks for the tip about BTH
Music from God!
MAROON!
I always liked that it's the 3 chiefs who send the fucking Hurricane tourists away
On sum shit tho Roun' 💯
@Dmaclv Yeah. A lot of people don't know. But it makes sense since both groups were oppressed by whites during the early history of this country. Oppressed groups find solace and learn to relate to one another. Another good example would be the union of blacks and latinos in certain urban areas of the usa.
@toReasonWhy I didn't figure they were Amish because they were in a van. Thanks for clearing that up.
My god this takes me back to my childhood before that bitch Katrina let us live and our traditions continue
BIG CHIEF FIREEEEBOYYY INDIAN BLOOD REDD SHALLOW WATER WILD MAN
I don't even live in the part that flooded but I hate that people made money looking at the flooded areas
Long live Big Chief
Just finished The Wire and...
I want to hear an learn more about this
OH NA NA
I don't think Darryl is the Big Chief but he is to the right of the bass drum w/ white shirt, glasses long hair. Look for Bury the Hatchet trailer on IMDB for a good histoy of the Mardi Gras Indians. Big Chief Monk says "drive away sir" and Darryl " JUST DRIVE AWAY!!!
can anyone confirm the cameo by chief of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters. Darryl Montana son of the immortal Big Chief Tootie?
@metalcut brilliant series, very accurate depiction of it in this scene, thank you for posting it
this music is very similar to angolan music Semba. The brazilian Samba is also from semba, there's a region where they play the most raw(from the slaves) samba and it sounds a lot like this
@bigmo10
Oh, in a van... if they were dressed like Amish but in a van, they were probably Mennonites, who are like the Amish but less orthodox.
Voodoo drumming like in Santeria.
The Aborigines of the Americas!!
This is OUR" Ancestral Estates!!!
#TickTock
I like we animals
shouldn't it be wild boy?
@oddbutcomplete i am and sad part is my mom good friend is a big Chef you would think i would know
Those in the bus are shooting pictures with the flash on BEHIND the windows.
It's a blatant display of ignorance, as I'm sure the show-runners wished to imply.
Who can send me the lyrics of this wonderful song?
It's Indian Red.
@devore504 lol i just saw this. don't feel bad chile we all do it.
@bigmo10
Amish =/= Quakers. Quakers usually wear modern clothing.
But yeah, that does sound like an awesome thing to witness.
Earning profit off of a tragedy
aleeeeeeeeeeeee kurwa joooooooo
season premire 24april2011...catch-it folks
@kuijpersu1 THESE WORDS GOTTA BE IN YA HEART YA HEARD ME R.I.P. BIG CHIEF BLACKFEATHER
why isnt the beautiful big bone lady wearing the black dress not singing like the rest
THis looks like its straight out of Africa but oh no its the US. Who would have guessed.
Stop calling the indigenous "Indians". They are not from India, they are not American. They were here before a thing called America. In the least, call them indigenous!!!
This is one of the worst songs I ever heard. This show had the worst music I ever heard.
You stupid
lmao