Le Krewe d’Etat rechristened President Donald Trump as the “800-pound orangutan” on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
While the political developments of the past year came as a shock to some Americans, Le Krewe d’Etat clearly welcomed the upheaval — at least as an opportunity to skewer both the famous and the infamous in this year’s “Zoo D’Etat.”
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The Skeleton Krewe leads Le Krewe d’Etat onto Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger file photo
Le Krewe d’Etat’s title float rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat “High Priest” float rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
A rider on the “High Priest” float in Le Krewe d’Etat throws beads on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The Dictator’s Dancing Dawlins and the “Praying Mantis” float mocked Jefferson Parish President Mike Yenni in Le Krewe d’Etat on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat “Chicken Little” float parodied Gov. John Bel Edwards on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Hillary Clinton’s electoral loss was the subject of the “Former Queen Bee” float in Le Krewe d’Etat on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat “Zookeeper” float depicting Mayor Mitch Landrieu rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
The rear of the Krewe d’Etat Trump-as-orangutan float referenced the size of his banana and caused parade-goers to stop clamoring for beads and reach for their cell-phone cameras. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat also lampooned Sidney Torres on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat “Love Bugs” float ridiculed the Republicans who shunned Trump initially but have embraced him since his election. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Former President Barack Obama is “Out to Pasture” in Le Krewe d’Etat’s parade on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat rolls on Napoleon Avenue on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
Le Krewe d’Etat’s “Eating Crow” float made fun of the news media’s overconfidence in a Clinton victory for President. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)
