Interesting story.
The Mummers history if you dig deep goes back to the days when the then dominant Protestants watched Irish Catholics come into Philadelphia in the 1830’s and 40’s.
The original mummers were Protestants poking fun at the Catholic newcomers.
Nowadays, we live in a Sovietized society where every act is judged political and labeled ‘inappropriate’ and investigated and purged by political authorities.
I grew up in Stratford, and the man who lived behind us competed in the fancy division; he spent all year on his 11 foot tall costume, and I got the chance to help him one year.
The purpose of the comic division was to mock everything. It’s time to just tell the people to take a joke and let it go. This is why Trump will end up President, regardless of his political positions.