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Many French individuals have reacted to the controversial opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games that came about in Paris on Friday. Not all reactions are optimistic.
The opening ceremony, which took the type of a ship parade on the Seine, featured performances by worldwide artists comparable to Céline Dion and Olympic athletes aboard boats designated by the nation.
The ceremonies additionally embody a stay reenactment of the Final Supper with drag queens and a ménage à trois sequence. The Final Supper, painted by Leonardo da Vinci, just isn’t in Paris, however in Italy within the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
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The French Bishops’ Convention issued a press release about X, saying that “this ceremony sadly included scenes of mockery and mock of Christianity, which we deeply remorse. We want to thank the members of different spiritual denominations who expressed their solidarity with us.”
“This morning we consider all Christians on each continent who’ve been harm by the scandals and provocations of sure scenes,” the French Bishops’ Convention added.
French President Emmanuel Macron additionally defended the controversial opening ceremony through X, saying: “Thanks to Thomas Jolly and his inventive genius for this magnificent ceremony. Thanks to the artists for this distinctive and magical second. Thanks to the police and emergency companies, brokers and volunteers.”
Macron added: “Thanks to everybody who believed in it. We’ll speak about it once more in 100 years! WE DID IT!”
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Thomas Jolly, 42, is a French actor and theatre director from Rouen. Two years in the past, he was introduced in to direct the opening and shutting ceremonies of the Paris Olympics.
Nonetheless, not all French individuals had been equally enthusiastic in regards to the ceremonies.
Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, French President Emmanuel Macron and Thomas Bach, President of the Worldwide Olympic Committee in the course of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Christian Liewig – Corbis/Corbis through Getty Photos)
A French X consumer, @JulietteBriens, wrote: “As a honest patriotic French lady, I distance myself from this freak present and apologize to you, world.”
Her put up included screenshots of the scenes from the ceremony she deemed most controversial, together with a close-up of the ménage à trois scene.
One other X consumer from France, @Arwenstar, posted: “As a French lady I’m deeply ashamed of this #OpeningCeremony and I need to apologize to the entire world for exposing you all to this sick farce. Do not hate us, it isn’t us, it is the woke metropolitan elite – they’re ruining f****** every thing”
Florent Manaudou, flag bearer of Staff France, waves his flag in the course of the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (VCG through Getty Photos)
A video has gone viral on-line displaying a French household reacting to the reenactment of the Final Supper. The caption reads: “POV: You are watching the Olympics opening ceremony and also you notice that is the final season of The Smurfs.”
Within the video, a member of the family might be heard screaming, “No, no, no, no, no! What’s that?!”
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In response to a report from Selection, a complete of 28.6 million Individuals watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Video games in Paris.
