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How long until Rex and Comus are on the clock?

Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:04 pm
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:04 pm
I read up on Ellie Kemper getting cancelled and this Veiled Prophet Ball thing in St. Louis seems like Rex and Comus to me, as they both involve all white city elites dressing up in costumes and going to a ball. When someone “exposes” the “racist” origins of these krewes, I’m wondering how long they’ll last in the Chocolate City. I doubt they make it to 2030.
Posted by scott8811
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:07 pm to
I'm surprised they've lasted this long. Although they might fall under the category of rich and well connected enough to be untouchable
Posted by ned nederlander
Member since Dec 2012
4230 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:08 pm to
Rex will probably admit a few choice minorities to sure up its civic body pretension.

Comus will publicly ignore everyone who asks and privately tell everyone to get f’d.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
Simple Solutions to Complex Probs
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:08 pm to
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Although they might fall under the category of rich and well connected enough to be untouchable

within Nola

they're going to die out at some point b/c the yutes will be cancelled outside of Nola for the association
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:09 pm to
Welcome to 1992.
Google "Dorothy Mae Taylor".
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 12:10 pm
Posted by USMEagles
Member since Jan 2018
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:20 pm to
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Dorothy Mae Taylor


Posted by lshuge
Member since Sep 2017
817 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:47 pm to
their 2022 theme will be Woke Politics with a BLM float full of whities in black face.
Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
34623 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:56 pm to
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their 2022 theme will be Woke Politics with a BLM float full of whities in black face.


that would be Krewe d'Etat or Krewe du Vieux
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101292 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:01 pm to
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within Nola

they're going to die out at some point b/c the yutes will be cancelled outside of Nola for the association



That's the funny thing about many of these "old line" carnival organizations, the only people associated with them who are typically ever publicly disclosed are the young women who comprise the "Courts" each year. So, they will be the only ones with any risk of being "canceled" later in life.

Rex is a bit more public, which is why they seem to be the only one that has opened up a bit more, but based on this deal with this actress from St. Louis, apparently that doesn't even quite matter.
Posted by Sid in Lakeshore
Member since Oct 2008
41956 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:13 pm to
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Rex is a bit more public, which is why they seem to be the only one that has opened up a bit more, but based on this deal with this actress from St. Louis, apparently that doesn't even quite matter.


I dont know about any recent controversy, but I will say that REX is more open than any other old line organization.

People can and do gain membership in REX based on philanthropic activities in the community. It is a pretty active organization. Rex has African American members. Not sure if any of them ride.

Comus is not open at all.
Posted by tigahbruh
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2014
2857 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:15 pm to
Comus is already off the clock in any public way.
Rex has already dealt with some of this stuff, but may have to again.

Thing is, as much as we're told that the black politicians run New Orleans, the oldline, white "Uptown crowd" still holds a lot of power in the city. Latoya is not going after them. No viable black politicians will really go after them. Nagin kinda sorta did in one speech back in the day and look how he ended up: in jail.

The local media never touches them.

Truth is, much of their incompetence and apathy is what killed the city. Unlike their predecessors, who had national clout running a major global port city, these turkeys seem content maintaining their pitiful illusions that they actually matter to anyone outside New Orleans city limits while playing a big role in the city's downfall.

Inside Orleans Parish, though, they are still a powerful players. Tiny fish in a microscopic pond.

It would take outsiders who don't give a shite about them or social/political status within New Orleans. I would love to see it happen, frankly. Most of that has-been faction are part of the woke movement anyway. They've been given the rope to hang themselves with for several decades now. Time is ripe.
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:22 pm to
Sure. Cancel everything that's fun and/or provides value.

They are trying to cancel gas cooktops in the other thread.
Posted by LSUrme
CTC
Member since Oct 2005
5335 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:25 pm to
My bet is that one of the girls will take it down from the inside. One rich, liberal college girl or past debutante will have a guilty moment or want to get back at her parents somehow. Just my bet.
Posted by lsut2005
Northshore
Member since Jul 2009
2596 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:25 pm to
The same can be said about private country clubs, etc. They won’t get cancelled. They’re all very private and keep it that way for a reason.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
164042 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:25 pm to
We already banned Rex but is there a liberal poster named Comus I don’t know about?
Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
34623 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:25 pm to
I had a conversation a few years back with a pretty well off lawyer living in a huge house on Napoleon St...gist of the conversation was that the system that promised jobs to the children of what I refer to as Comusites is dying and these children are having to leave NOLA to find work...

Over the years I've gotten into a few arguments on this board about how Comus is dying because they won't let new blood in...

I know I'm not the only one glad they're not parading anymore, it was really a crappy parade with very few marching units and cheap arse members who didn't throw much of anything...my guess is that an Endymion rider throws more on a block than they did for the whole parade...
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101292 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:28 pm to
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It would take outsiders who don't give a shite about them or social/political status within New Orleans. I would love to see it happen, frankly. Most of that has-been faction are part of the woke movement anyway. They've been given the rope to hang themselves with for several decades now. Time is ripe.



That ship sailed around the time of the oil boom when Houston capitalized in luring so much of the business in large part because of this silliness. There were certainly other factors as well, but this played some part.
Posted by lsut2005
Northshore
Member since Jul 2009
2596 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:31 pm to
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Over the years I've gotten into a few arguments on this board about how Comus is dying because they won't let new blood in...

LOL you are so... sooooo so wrong about this.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
47474 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 1:56 pm to
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I doubt they make it to 2030.




nothing monarchy related in the Western World, real or faux, will make it to 2030
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
116089 posts
Posted on 6/1/21 at 2:02 pm to
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Rex will probably admit a few choice minorities to sure up its civic body pretension.


They already have. There is a black lieutenant right now. And other black members.
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