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Commentary: Mardi Gras in New Orleans

NPR | By Andrei Codrescu

Published March 3, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST

Commentator Andrei Codrescu tells the story of a woman offering to show him her breasts in exchange for Mardi Gras trinkets. Codrescu offers a portrait of New Orleans in all of its glorious weirdness.

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