Humanity Beneath the Mask

There’s a moment in Delta Airlines’ new pandemic-era pre-flight video that depicts how to stay masked while drinking. If you’ve flown the airline anytime in the past couple years, you’ve probably seen it: two young women, side by side, are about to enjoy an inflight cocktail. They turn to each other. They clink their plastic cups. Then they face forward, pull down their masks to reveal their smiling faces, sip their drinks, and replace their face coverings. It all happens in perfect unison: a choreographed moment of connection, a spectacle of perfect compliance.

It is also utterly bizarre.

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