You can view the document in its entirety as well as archives from its previous years at this link. Please take a minute to do so. Is there any organization that more perfectly captures Carnival's roguish spirit of celebratory misrule, of turning the everyday mundane existence upside down with joy and laughter, he asks rhetorically? No there is not, he rhetorically responds.
Somehow this doesn't stop NOLA Def's "theater critic" Jim Fitzmorris from complaining anyway. According to Fitzmorris, the organic creative atmosphere of our citywide celebration that spans all class, race, and neighborhood boundaries somehow stifles the flowering of a more formal "theater scene"... and this supposedly a bad thing. Even if he's right.. and I don't think he is... who wouldn't prefer Carnival to whatever his idea of a slightly improved local theater might be?
Besides, if Mardi Gras is ever going to destroy theater in this town, it's going to have to wait in line behind the city council chambers on any given weekday.
Keep in mind, the above video was shot before local gadfly Sandra Hester picked a fight with Jackie Clarkson over whether or not council members could cast votes for their colleagues.
Later that day, a mysterious white people second line was spotted making the turn from Magazine Street onto Napoleon Avenue.
I still haven't gotten a solid answer from anyone as to just who they were. My first guess was that they're some kind of convention group. Something about the generic flag and the identical white handkerchiefs they were all waving said tourists to me. And since we've already seen one corporate event... um... masquerading as a Mardi Gras parade this year it's seems a likely explanation.
Until I learn differently, though, I will assume they were representatives of the Lucky Player company on their way to deliver the first cases of King Cake flavored vodka to Rouses where you can pick up a bottle now for the low low price of $26.99. The good people at Rouses ask only that you limit your purchase to 2 bottles per customer.... so as to avoid the inevitable rioting such a coveted product can inspire.
And that's all I got for now. Get out to KDV tonight, if at all possible. But try to keep dry.
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