Comedian Douglas Lim’s ‘Bummer of C-19’ parody of ‘80s tune offers laughs, tributes to frontliners (VIDEO)
Tuesday, 14 Apr 2020 11:17 AM MYTLim says he was moved to make the video after observing the sacrifices made by Malaysian frontline workers to curb the Covid-19 outbreak. — Screengrabs from Instagram/thedouglaslimSummer of ‘69Lim’s rendition captures the candid reality of living in a pandemic including the scramble to find face masks, Zoom calls with colleagues, and empty shelves at supermarkets.
The Kopitiam actor also took the time to say thanks to the nurses, doctors, delivery riders, and other frontline workers in his video for their tireless efforts to serve Malaysians during the movement control order . “While everyone else is told to stay home and protect themselves, there are a bunch of people who have to go into the danger zones and are in charge of looking at this virus in the face and trying to fix things,” Lim told“It’s similar to a war situation involving soldiers but we’re quite removed from a scenario like that. It’s not like that in this case.
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