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| Craziness in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras.
Carnival is a festive time of year that occurs right before Lent. It is a time when everyone can let loose and have fun before it is time to buckle down and "live a modest lifestyle" after Fat Tuesday. In New Orleans, carnival takes its place in the form of Mardi Gras. As a freshmen here at Loyola, I had never experienced Mardi Gras before. After this week's festivities, it is safe to say that I can't wait until Mardi Gras comes around again next year. New Orleans has so much pride as a city itself and it is expressed even more so during the parades. I attended quite a few and they got crazier each time. The main problem I face now is where to stash all the beads I acquired over the past week. My favorite catch prizes I got from the floats are a stuffed pig, a Saints mini football, a stack of cups, and the official Krewe d'Etat bead. I was rather disappointed that I didn't get a shoe from Muses, but there's always next year! I learned that you have the most fun and gather the most throws if you're right next to the float on the parade route. You almost must be prepared to do some serious walking if you don't want to pay a fortune to get to a parade. There's no telling how many miles I walked from school for Mardi Gras, but it was well worth it. Mardi Gras is definitely an experience you have to live to understand. It actually lives up to all it's wonderful expectations though.
Tim Burton's films takes elements from the idea of carnival and twists them into his own movie molds. Many of the characters like Beetlejuice, Penguin, and Edward Scissorhands are all costumed creatures that could easily be paralleled to people participating of the carnival. The Joker may be the strongest supporter of this notion, considering his trickster antics, vivid costumes, and colorful contraptions.The crazy costumed villains in Burton's films also display the idea of underlying chaos in the carnival. Though they seem colorful and fun on the outside, they actually have evil motives and are duping society majority of the time.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
McCurdy Carnival/Mardi Gras
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I find it very time appropriate that Lent comes right after everyone has made their Mardi Gras sins. For the ladies it is the very famous "throw me something mister!..." followed by the sick smile of men who get a sneak peak of God's creations! This type of Mardi Gras'ing is mostly found in New Orleans but experiencing Mardi Gras in Lafayette, my hometown and a family friendly environment, is some times more enjoyable. The parades are smaller, but quality over quantity! The best parades attract country folk hicks to high class all because there are no barricades and they throw the biggest and best beads the whole time. They would definitely attract the Joker because parades are more about chaos and greed then anything else. Parades would attract Penguin, but only if he could be on the float so he could feel the "love" from all the people and beautiful women.
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