[URBAN NOTE] Hallowe'en in the Village
Nov. 1st, 2006 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldI went to Hallowe'en celebrations in Church and Wellesley with J. last evening. Church Avenue was blocked off between Wellesley and Alexander, leaving the core of the village entirely exposed to the crush of people looking for characters. Marilyn Monroe was there, as were Evie and V (V for Vendetta), as was the Pope, as was the Wicked Witch of the West, and as were many others. The makeup was really, really good. I saw and even spoke with the actually existing Enza Anderson, a well-known transsexual media personality in Toronto most notable for coming third in the 2000 Toronto municipal elections and contending in the 2003 race for leadership of the now-defunct Canadian Alliance.
From what I've been told,Hallowe'en in the Village seems to have attracted a fairly broad crowd, much broader than in previous decades. I can attest to the
fact that the sizable contingents of heterosexual families with children and Asian tourists were almost as numerous as the non-heterosexual component of
the crowd. It's interesting to see how, like Pride, this once transgressive and still carnivalesque festivity has been nicely mainstreamed. Chalk one up for Bakhtin.
From what I've been told,Hallowe'en in the Village seems to have attracted a fairly broad crowd, much broader than in previous decades. I can attest to the
fact that the sizable contingents of heterosexual families with children and Asian tourists were almost as numerous as the non-heterosexual component of
the crowd. It's interesting to see how, like Pride, this once transgressive and still carnivalesque festivity has been nicely mainstreamed. Chalk one up for Bakhtin.
