Everyone loves a parade! Well, everyone except me when I'm trying to drive across a road currently occupied by a parade... or me, when I'm watching a parade... or anytime, really. As far as antiquated, small town American entertainment goes, a parade aint no fireworks.

But, as the saying goes, everyone loves a parade. Apparently, even hate-monger nazi-lovers!

That seems more than reasonable, on the part of the judge. That's pretty much the definition of "fair." Making a statement along the lines of "Look, I'm not saying you can't be in the parade, I'm not even saying you can't use the float in the parade, just lose the part with the dead bodies representing Holocaust victims. Okay?"

An example of "unreasonable"?

Ahh, an uptight Nazi. The reporter wasn't lying to you lady, no need to be snippy.

I like the subtle emphasis, on "live Hitler." As if to imply,"Now, if you wanna give us a dead Hitler with some live Jews kicking him in the head or something... then we might have something."

"At least one." Wouldn't that just get confusing? I guess you could have him at different ages. Kid Hitler, Angry-Teen Hitler, Baby Hitler... But, really, wasn't The Producers enough? Too much, actually.

Sure, that's one way to go. Another would be to actually stop them from using the float, since, after all, a judge has already made a decision. Isn't that what a judge's ruling usually means?

Another report presents a slightly more cooperative Viradouro.

I think Paulo's error here is greatly overestimating the size lesson that can be learned from watching a parade float. Which is to say, he thinks it's possible to learn a lesson from watching a parade float.

I guess we can maybe rule out these people being actual card-carrying Nazis. But then why the float?

Are they being sincere? Are they really naive enough to believe they could educate people about the dangers of racism using a pink sequin-covered swastika?

Were they trying to be funny? Funny would be having Hitler sodomized by one of those parade classic "costumed stilt men." Or having him slapped around by forest animals. Or smashing the "Death Mobile" from Animal House through the float, catapulting a dead Hitler through the air and into the open bedroom window of an aspiring Nazi... Funny, doesn't seem to be the goal of what they did.

Was it all for shock value? Seems like a long way to go, just for that reason. Especially considering they must've known it'd get shut down before debuting.



TheCoolerKing is curious about how this all actually plays out. And by the time you read, we should know how it went.