Philly’s Mummers Parade Mocks Caitlyn Jenner [VIDEO]

Ugh. The Daily Mail reports:

A group of parade marchers in Philadelphia drew the ire of LGBT groups and the mayor with a comedy skit that mocked Caitlyn Jenner. The Mummers Parade, held each New Year’s Day and said to be the oldest folk festival in the country, has tried in recent years to be more diverse, but a musical ‘act’ put on by a group called Finnegan New Year’s Brigade Comic Club was criticized as hurtful and bigoted. The act featured a man dressed as Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner in front of the famous Wheaties box with Bruce on the front.

The man throws an invisible discus and then is surrounded by children in dresses holding USA signs. They circle the man as he struts and dances to Diana Ross’s ‘I’m Coming Out.’ Then the Bruce ‘lookalike’ sits in a wheelchair. He is spun off into the crowd by men in drag. Soon Aerosmith’s ‘Dude Looks Like a Lady’ blasts out of the speakers, and the man reemerges, this time in a white corset and shorts, with a blowup of Caitlyn Jenner in a similar outfit behind him on the cover of Vanity Fair. People in the crowd wave signs with Bruce Jenner on a Wheaties box on one side, and on the other side, Caitlyn Jenner on a Fruit Loops box.

Incoming Mayor Jim Kenney has denounced the skit.

(Tipped by JMG reader Ed)