Let me go ahead and get this out of the way...I've never really felt like Mardi Gras is something I have to take part in before I die. In fact I don't really give a shit about it. Nevertheless, I am intrigued by the message and overall sentiment in this movie. I went ahead and ordered it. I'll post a review once I get it (however, I also just ordered season 16 of Law and Order on itunes so it may be awhile till I get around to watching it). Now, we use and abuse Mardi Gras beads fairly religiously on RAGBRAI, but I think the message this movie is attempting to communicate goes a little deeper than the beads themselves.
My initial sentiment here is that this movie will (accurate IM oh so HO) show how the people partaking in Mardi Gras are ignorant spoiled little bitches. And go figure...that's pretty much what New Orleans (at least the parts of it that weren't members of the band Down) French Quarter was before the storm.
This is what happens when I surf the web alone in Florida on a beach. To be fair though, I gotta give this one to 'ol Hank.