Is Commerce Carnival?

Do those  ritualized sales meetings, annual employee picnics, retirement roasts and similar corporate events fit the category of carnival.

 Carnival cannot help but be linked to communication and culture in addition to qualities of inversion, ambivalence, and excess, carnival’s themes typically include a fascination with the body, particularly its little-glorified or 'lower strata' parts, and dichotomies between 'high' or 'low'. The get to know you sessions, shake the hand of the person next to you...give them a hug.'

The high and low binary is particularly relevant in communication as certain verbiage is considered high, while slang is considered low. Moreover, much of popular communication including television shows, books, and movies fall into high and low brow categories and fit the category of 

'Carnival'.