"The procession consists of 120 floats, including 'persiflage floats' satirical, mocking floats that are the centerpiece of the event. As usual, some of the world's major politicians will be symbolically roasted. Float builders use the occasion to make movable works of art that are humorous yet scathing critiques that are often social or political in nature. Parade director Marc Michelske presented some of the Cologne Festival Committee's float themes in the lead-up to this year's Carnival."
"One of them depicts Donald Trump looking into a mirror, grinning, his bare bottom exposed and covered in kiss marks. "We asked ourselves why so many people bow down to Donald Trump, and Trump himself has said, 'They're kissing my ass,'" Michelske explains in an interview with DW. "Such statements and behavior are easy to turn into images." The kiss marks bear the names of prominent people and organizations, including the European Union, FIFA, the United Nations, German Prime Minister Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron."
The Cologne Carnival's Rose Monday Parade on February 16 will include 120 floats, featuring satirical 'persiflage' floats that act as the event's centerpiece. Major world politicians will be symbolically roasted through movable works of art that blend humor with scathing social and political critique. Parade director Marc Michelske presented several float themes and oversees planning, float construction and safety plans with a creative team and deputies. Sketches of four floats will be previewed publicly. One previewed float depicts Donald Trump with kiss-marked exposed buttocks bearing names of international figures and organizations.
Read at www.dw.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]