Television executives learned that violent shows attract more viewers, and pretty soon it was violence 'on parade' all day long.
They don't like having their personal problems 'paraded' in print for everyone to see.
We watched a 'parade of' cars go by our house on the way to the stadium for the game.
(..) Well, every day, five days a week for years... l've been sitting behind that desk, the dispassionate pundit... reporting with seemly detachment... the daily parade of lunacies that constitute the news. Just once... l wanted to say what l really felt. Knock it off. (..)1976 Network
(..) You know, Dad was born in east Germany. he grew up eating uh... stale crackers. And every other Saturday, he had to march in a parade and waved flowers at tyrants. So, I think it was providence that his son, me, would end up with this. One of my rebuild Metropolis crews (..)2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
(..) from the Pacific Northwest. Fuck you know about pain? Let me have the gun, Colonel. No time to grow a dick, son. Just give me the gun, all right, Colonel? I'm talkin' a parade ground. Ten-hut! Soldier, that was a direct order. Give me the gun. You can stay or you can leave. You understand? (..)1992 Scent of a Woman