Did Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony Intentionally Mock 'The Last Supper?' | Summary and Analysis

[@lukang72]

I didn't know Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and John Lennon were examples of French culture

[@khoi83]

Céline Dion is originally from Québec! She is and will always be Québécoise and we love her here and she is very well known and loved in France too.

[@benjalucian1515]

Celine Marie Claudette Dion's recordings have been mainly in English and French, although she has also sung in several other languages. She was born into a large family in Charlemagne, Quebec... Lady Gaga was a surprise guest. She wasn't on the original program. John Lennon's song was about inclusivity which is what the Olympics symbolize.

[@terryotoole6478]

Sad ... With so many French singers and artists; Lady Gaga and John Lennon:s song should not been there ... I would have enjoyed more French artists ...

[@ivand5699]

@@benjalucian1515Quebec is in France now o something?

[@benjalucian1515]

@@ivand5699 Don't know much about Quebec, do you?

[@Chyuuch]

Dr Grande basically said, "I dont think they did it intentionally. but they definitely did it on purpose" 🤣🤣🤣

[@CATNAPREAL1188]

Yup I never expected double talk from Dr. G yet here we are.n

[@Thresher326]

He sounds like a politician sometimes.

[@BoomTribeEntertainment]

The people saying it’s a misunderstanding are disingenuous liars. I’m so sick of this constant dodging these people do

[@djphillips109]

Don't watch the olympics. They'll certainly think twice the next tIme they get the chance to prance their ideology.

[@Choleo98]

@@Chyuuch He's either gaslighting or just stuck on stupid.

[@ericwalstrand3512]

I guess the French aren't going to mock Islam or caricature Muhammad again. We remember what happened when that happened last time

[@stan-malogesnel8397]

love the threatening vibe their lovely

[@johnny10grasp3]

Correct I guess this shows how some religions are worse than others.

[@PowuhToSeven]

​@@johnny10grasp3depends on how you look at it.

[@steveo8535]

@@stan-malogesnel8397 love the vague comments honey

[@Pərfectchāøs]

The religion of peace would never! 😂

[@lionheart5078]

the main woman in blue in the center posted on twitter before this went viral a picture of them all behind the talbe and titled it "Our last supper" lol. She took it down when she got backlash, it was obviously meant to mock the last supper.

[@Nightshade1881]

You seriously think this last supper actually happened? 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@lionheart5078]

@@Nightshade1881 doesnt matter if it happened or not. Christianity is held to be sacred by 2 billion people on earth and historic in europe. No one would be even debating this if Mohammed was mocked there, it’s insane that even the olympics is using every opportunity it can to promote anti-christian and woke propoganda. If u can’t see how sick that is ur lost.

[@jsterling6805]

@@Nightshade1881 Do you seriously think there is Passover and it still occurs today?

[@Nightshade1881]

@@jsterling6805 😂I don’t believe in any mad made religions or gods. I’m not that gullible.

[@jsterling6805]

@@Nightshade1881 You should hear the experience expressed by someone who espoused your same beliefs who recently was in a hospital fighting for his life and what he said he experienced during the times his heart kept stopping. He was truly frightened.

[@charliedallachie3539]

I don’t see how it’s a “mistake” when these things take YEARS of planning

[@Lana-xd7ey]

They are trying to promote western values

[@Maureen.Silivri]

Good point.

[@nowakevelyne223]

It was humoristic and historic about Olympic greek old gods. Nothing bad here.

[@beilultesfom4929]

how did anyone not say hey guys probably not a good idea unless they purposely did it

[@Lana-xd7ey]

@@beilultesfom4929 Ask the director

[@nathanwood9147]

The cult loves it symbolism and then gaslighting you into thinking that you didn't see what you just saw.

[@WillyEckaslike]

they have been doing it for centuries

[@KD0MOO]

The Emperor has no clothes.

[@Reunion4ever]

Remember the movie stars singing 🎵 IMAGINE 🎵 during Covid?

[@Ann-sj4pt]

You see what you want to see.

[@pieden5731]

Since everyone is talking about the opening ceremony, I think it can be considered a huge success.

[@sharonwilfong503]

If it wasn't intentional why didn't the director deny it in the first place instead of spouting about freedom and rights.

[@Choleo98]

Good point

[@kevin.afton_]

Yes he betrayed himself with this.

[@RaonakDM]

Because then greek people might complain instead.

[@puzzlite]

I find it interesting that Christians can literally teach their children that homosexual are evil and going to hell but get butt-hurt when those homosexuals make fun of their practices. Its called freedom of speech. If you don't like it, move to China

[@deltatango6793]

Because more people were talking about it, duh

[@mrxxin]

1:47 The odd thing is that Dionysus, the wine deity has nothing to do with the ancient Olympics. Zeus and Nike were the only gods connected with the ancient Olympics. Dionysus, a wine god which was more popular during Roman Empire, literally has no connection to the ancient Olympics whatsoever.

[@sirrobin1993]

Very correct! Thanks for pointing that out! These people are clueless!

[@diner3gmail]

Can we just say the event producer took a lot of liberties with his interpretation. He really got off track with the whole theme. I understand he was trying to celebrate French art, Culture and Inclusion. But it was Terrible almost embarrassingly bad.

[@patrickbarnes9874]

Dionysus was worshipped with sex rituals. Christianity promotes wholesome family values. The Last Supper was Christ giving the apostles bread and wine and declaring it to be his body and blood and anybody who participated in the meal was becoming a part of the body of Christ. The scene in the Olympics made Christ into an overweight woman and the feast into the body of the Greek god of drunkenness and sex, and one of the people at the table was a small child. It was not only a direct insult to Christianity, but it SHOULD be seen as a direct insult to everyone else as well. Whether you're a Christian or not, if you aren't a complete degenerate it should offend you anyway. The symbolism of overturning fellowship in love in favor of an orgy with a child should anger any decent human being. This was the Balenciaga stuff all over again.

[@violagentsch]

Thank 👍

[@dsab381]

But he does to France. Dionysus is the father of Sequana, the Goddess of the River Seine.

[@adamjacksonmedia]

"It involved individuals who considered themselves to be models" 😂😂

[@KD0MOO]

Identified as models

[@brandonfreeman4375]

@@KD0MOO Identified as model trains and model trucks.

[@benjalucian1515]

They are models, just not beautiful skinny women, which apparently are what most people including Dr. Grande thinks models are.

[@DaveR-z6i]

​@benjalucian1515 what's a model to u then anyone who throws on clothes and walks a few feet on a stage?

[@adamjacksonmedia]

@@benjalucian1515 I found it hilarious. You don't have to find it funny... We'll survive.

[@Fedup858]

You can’t organize an event of that magnitude without forethought and careful planning. We saw EXACTLY what the directors of the Olympic committee intended us to see.

[@maryrankin9869]

Shame,shame shame.

[@johnwest7993]

Then don't watch it. I bet you have access to hundreds of other channels. "You can’t organize an event of that magnitude without" pissing off someone. People complain about everything these days. Why bother? I say always look on the bright side of life.

[@Ekam-Sat]

Macaron should resign.

[@eventhori3on]

It's the Olympics not a random Netflix show 😂.. but you are right myself and millions of other Christians won't be watching it..which is a shame as it should be about the amazing athletic performances......​@@johnwest7993

[@carrenpalmer3453]

2012 was same, dancing nurses & syringes - that and this one was WEF orchestated - elites fear christians the most esp that hold doctrine of free will - goes against their agenda of en masse acceptance of their agenda - late writer, Alan Watts, wrote about this and how the media is utilized - chilling

[@gbinman]

There is zero chance that they didn't know what they were doing. There no doubt were rehearsals. There was plenty of opportunity before the public exhibition to get feedback.

[@Greendile]

They mentioned at the beginning there were no rehearsals

[@paulg6274]

If they rehearsed and planned it they could have made it WAY more similar to the painting. It only vaguely looks like the painting. None of the people were even posing in the same way

[@paulg6274]

​@@barnacleboy4423and u think this is as close as they could come to resembling the painting? 😅 dont be naive

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

This was an interpretation of the "Feast of the Gods" painting featuring Dionysius and Apollo. It's not about the "Last Supper" painting.

[@erikamustermann6783]

@@gbinman yes, they put on a great show, welcoming the world.

[@willx9352]

Give us a break - the 'Christ' figure in this mockery clearly thought it was the Last Supper and she tweeted this. Her tweet has now been taken down.

[@brucebanner3566]

Why would you let a kid participate in the ceremony, and have a dancer, dancing around with his ball$ in the air? It was gross!

[@Kre8tiveKatt]

I was just about to ask why no one is mentioning that??!!! And he constantly stands behind and hovers over the child. Is pedodisplay legal in France’s “freedoms” too? No rights for innocent children apparently. SICKENING 🤮😡😡😡

[@riettedelport8532]

Agree

[@masterqueef1172]

​@@Kre8tiveKattI mean France is protecting Roman Polanski, so....

[@karenneill9109]

Don’t be a prude. He’s meant to be a Greek god.

[@INFJason]

​@karenneill9109 it's not prudish not to want a fat old man dancing naked around children. If you don't consider that inappropriate, please don't ever be a parent.

[@magules13]

That guy knew exactly what he was doing. You can tell by his inclusion of the words “the freedom to not worship” in his statement that he has nothing but contempt for Christianity and doesn’t care who knows it. He knew the scene would be obvious yet vague enough to be able to deny it.

[@annereidy7981]

Agree

[@bobbicatt]

100% anyone who says differently, well they are wrong. It was stupid and disgusting from the minute they opened.

[@Miss-Redbull]

They are doing this for a long time. Check de youtube video “Eurovision contest 2019 Madonna” She was singing about corona before it happened (2020) singing: “not everyone is gonna make it to the future” wearing gas masks 🚩 One eye covered which is also satanic 🚩

[@raquellofstedt9713]

And not just Christianity. It´s just safer to be obvious about Christianity.

[@lionneveroaw3594]

And: “Leonardo referred to God as a kind of supreme being. Leonardo could be described as a spiritual metaphysician, who was interested in Greek philosophy such as that of Plato and Aristotle”. Da Vinci was an artist the last supper was a painting not reality. 😏

[@RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

_"Wearing clothing, they BELIEVE to be fashionable"_ - Dr Grande has the best subliminal jokes. Grazie mille! 😂

[@benjalucian1515]

Considering what Dr. Grande is wearing in the video...LOL

[@SaraFord-Abruzzi]

That joke was not subliminal. If anything it was liminal, or even superliminal. See: Simpson, Jay H. et al. - Yvan eht Nioj: Gay is the New Straight (American Journal of Science) [3,2], 2021.

[@charlottewyttle1578]

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[@SaraFord-Abruzzi]

@charlottewyttle1578 this dialogue is what Dr Grande wants. He wants "unsubscribe" comments when people make deadpan jokes about his trademark shirts. Dr G is a character Charlotte. He makes money off us. He doesnt get hurt by these comments lol

[@selitanamwinga7149]

😂

[@annpriddy7941]

I hear that there’s a large group of Smurfs that were quite offended by the blue Dionysis

[@diegolopez3821]

"an undercover police officer , who was trying to infiltrate the smurfs". It's original commentary like that,is why I subscribed to this channel.

[@phillipschmidtke2001]

That was one of Dr. Grande’s best jokes ever.

[@americangirl6654]

I was thinking about the Smurfs too. Hilarious.

[@enterchannelname4542]

My religion was't offended, but my eyes were.

[@Naptosis]

Touché. 🤣

[@annafarago6527]

I am offended for my God

[@dje3.16]

@@annafarago6527God is not mocked. He will take revenge, it’s not up to people

[@geoffduke1763]

What religion do you follow?

[@derekarnold3665]

Switch your TV off then.

[@summrflowers7253]

IMO it was absolutely intentional. But with that said lets say it wasn't... it was still inappropriate to have this kind of "entertainment" during the opening ceremony for the Olympics. Why a drag show (in any capacity) was included is beyond comprehension.

[@MaryNordquist]

The organizers said it was their version of The Last Supper.

[@benjalucian1515]

Maybe they enjoy drag shows.

[@quiCksilvieZzz]

​@@MaryNordquistthey denied it after the backlash. They said it was Dionysos, Greek God of wine😂😂😂

[@iankclark]

@@benjalucian1515again, not appropriate

[@erikamustermann6783]

@@MaryNordquist yes, they alluded to the painting.

[@davidyess1]

During the trial of Oscar Wilde, he was confronted with the opinion that his book, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was highly immoral. He quipped that he did not believe in moral or immoral art, but only in good art and bad art. I thought the tableau was ill-advised and bad on every level.

[@diner3gmail]

Well Put! I understand what message they were trying to convey but the execution was pretty bad.

[@czarquetzal8344]

Formalism is not acceptable in offending other people because not all subscribe to one's worldview.

[@MegaShinobi3]

Doctor Grande's analysis and its conclusions are logically flawed. You expected the producers of act to look down the runway table and pick out just the DJ and enough people around her to resemble the "The Last Supper"!!! This was expected to have occur before the protests! Ever hear of something called the Rorschach Test? Despite his calm and even demeanor in the video, he came off as having a bias against left-wing ideology while forgiving right-wing proponents acts (book banning, laws to enforce prayer, etc.) . Thought Doc. Grande was a man of science, but the evidence he presented was all conjecture. This controversy is about ART, subject to personal biases and attitudes of the viewer. ART is always going to offend somebody. If ART was concerned with not offending someone out there, artists would be moving back and forth faster than a moose's ear in a fly swarm.

[@Hilz28]

​@@MegaShinobi3 What in Baby Jesus' name are you going on about 🤔🤦‍♀️

[@_Kittensworth]

Yes! I didn't find that segment offensive, but it was boring and unappealing. Dionysius is a fascinating, iconic figure with countless beautiful depictions in art. Yet somehow they botched it. As someone else once said: "That's like screwing up mashed potatoes".

[@antonydrossos5719]

As an amateur artist, I just want to say, I miss the days of real creativity

[@carlstone4702]

Absolutely agree

[@colorfulfamily]

They get further from us every day. Amateur artist just means you’re not getting paid, but you’re an artist, and we need you! Keep beautifying and enlightening the world :-)

[@rachelburke9223]

as a designer, you are sooooo right. Today's desperate need for attention is BORING and extremely predictable

[@DiscothecaImperialis]

yes. if Daft Punk did n't disband. Opening Ceremony will be better. they linked the two world together especially in their Discovery album. see? every of their MVs in that album is a golden collaboration with the late Grand Legendary mangaka.. Leiji Matsumoto. He's Japanese, yet he's well known in France, he has a big fanbase there. to the point that French News Agencies even made a news feature after his death is declared. Not only the DF will do the France (and the Olympics) a favor, they will do the final memorials to this late mangaka.

[@benjalucian1515]

Art is sooooo subjective.

[@vivvpprof]

I don't understand why those who preach tolerance have to mock religious denominations they disavow. Make that make sense.

[@BillRoyMcBill]

They only tolerate the one's they're afraid of.

[@nonprogrediestregredi1711]

Well, probably because this was an interpretation of the "Feast of the Gods" painting featuring Dionysius and Apollo. It had nothing to do with the "Last Supper" painting.

[@lilac9240]

They like to project. They always accuse others of what they are doing...like intolerance.

[@somexp12]

@vivvpprof Even if this was meant to mock Christians, mockery is a far cry from what Christians do to people whenever they have the upper hand. This is a predatory religion, and they have no limits on what it is willing to do to others, so long as they can get away with it. Heck, even the _mockery_ Christians get up to is far more vicious and nasty than satirizing the Last Supper. Anyhow, mockery has always been a feature of pluralistic societies. The only thing unique about this is that Christians think they should somehow be exempt from it.

[@themysteryofbluebirdboulevard]

Because mockery is a form of criticism. And I don't know who "those who preach tolerance" is, but if it's the regressive left with the woke nonsense then they're the least tolerant ever.

[@jebby16]

Organizers knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

[@josephlee8765]

Sat an intention is very serious.

[@Cyan_Nightingale]

Clearly the organizers have political ag3nda

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Agreed

[@erikamustermann6783]

Yeah, allude to Greek mythology.

[@tanty2475]

The more they tried to act freakish, the worst people would think of them.

[@jakestumm4101]

I find it more offensive how much they have attempted to gaslight people into thinking there was no intent behind it😂

[@BettyR-qd2zr]

This offended people with taste. The person that designed this show was quite insane.

[@scanspeak00]

It was not 1 person. It was an entire left-wing committee.

[@annafarago6527]

Thomas jolly a gay Jewish man,obviously hates Christians

[@Snake9x9]

It's ok we're used to conservatives being boring and upright 😅​@@scanspeak00

[@CatalinaFOIA]

​@Snake9x9 conservative are classy by intention

[@Ann-sj4pt]

I thought the fashion show was great,not so keen on the dancing that was their party.

[@FireForEffect1533]

What strikes me as odd about this controversy is the lack of mainstream backlash. CNN, ABC, and BBC haven't given much coverage to what happened. However, I believe that if actual Christians reenacted the Last Supper as part of the Olympics opening ceremony, it would likely face heavy condemnation.

[@tiluriso]

Absolutely 100% correct they would, their double standards and their hypocrisy are astounding.

[@johnny10grasp3]

Who cares.

[@NobodyHasToAgreeAllTheTime]

Facts, they would complain about feeling proselytized too

[@summrflowers7253]

That is an EXCELLENT and ACCURATE point. And to that point, one of the surfing competitors had an image of Christ on his surfboard and he had to remove it or be disqualified. He is from Brazil, named Joao Chianca.

[@TheGoodMMADog]

Yeah, not like they aren’t busy covering actual news like attempted assassinations, presidential candidates dropping out months before the elections or anything. My god you’re not very bright are you?

[@tammyconnelly3324]

Mocking billions of people doesn’t change minds and hearts. It builds walls.

[@kimberlycampbell1100]

Quote of the decade so far. Sad that the entertainment is run by the clowns of the world that approved this to air.

[@romktch17]

​@@kimberlycampbell1100 Which ones specifically allowed this?

[@Cmunic8]

@@kimberlycampbell1100oh a wall yay!!!

[@benjalucian1515]

Those people who don't change their minds and hearts pretty much tells you how close minded they are.

[@pennybyrd1058]

Yes

[@markwilliams6196]

You're wrong dude. It was totally deliberate. They'll never admit it but it was and they would never do the same to any other religion.

[@yunowot]

100% spot on!

[@Nightshade1881]

Yet y’all mock other religions and communities 🤦🏻‍♂️you folks call people who identify as whatever they want to as mentally ill When you literally believe an invisible unproven god impregnated a virgin teen! 😂🤦🏻‍♂️you also sound mentally ill.

[@karenking5357]

EXACTLY🤬

[@eurekahope5310]

They actually did admit it initially. They called the segment "La Cène" which refers to the last supper or holy communion. Barbara Butch posted it was the New Gay Testament. Only after backlash did they attempt to gaslight us into thinking it was a mere coincidence.

[@flowerchild89]

@@markwilliams6196 💯💯💯💯💯

[@JenniferWilliams-jy7rz]

They thought the world was as debauched as they are. They thought wrong.

[@jasonr5989]

They are trying to make the World as debauched as they are. As in corrupting those of innocence or/and decency.

[@derekarnold3665]

Don't agree have you seen a MAGA rally.

[@cifey]

They might have a point there, but not the kind of thing I expect to see on a family program.

[@basedboomer5912]

And lost a bunch of money; they didn't see that coming.

[@slee2695]

​@@derekarnold3665a male liberal....hahahaha

[@WiserInTime]

One of the men at the "Olympic Last Supper" had his family jewels hanging out of his super short bottom attire. It really looks intentional. There seems to be a hole in the center by design. You can take the mocking of Christians (intentional or accidental) out of the equation and it's still an offensive event. That kind of show works fine in a nightclub. It's not at all appropriate at the Olympics.

[@maytheforcebewithyou4313]

🎤

[@maryrankin9869]

Disturbing to say the least.

[@allfacts19]

It wasn't based on the last supper.

[@Absynthe23]

Agreed. It was neither visually appealing nor entertaining.

[@scanspeak00]

The Olympics is supposed to be family viewing and suitable for all cultures around the world. The opening ceremony, completely occupied by the left, failed miserably in this respect. I watched it for 5 minutes and turned it off.

[@m.e.c.1007]

Was ugly and typically Paris themed, bad taste. They say they didn't mean to, but i don't believe it.

[@benjalucian1515]

Of course it was Paris themed. It's Paris. Duh.

[@lucianaromulus1408]

​@@benjalucian1515I think they mean Paris = typical debauchery

[@benjalucian1515]

@@lucianaromulus1408 LOL. "Typical debauchery"? Compared to what? Ever been to Las Vegas? How about Mardi Gras?

[@pong9000]

The theme of Paris is that if you squint your snob muscles hard enough the ugly appears sublime. Like that abandoned power-line pylon everybody says is so romantic. We got rows of those in my country.

[@kiowah231]

@@benjalucian1515 At least they do it in style

[@colleenwhitman9040]

Umm , if you watch the ENTIRE show: YES they actually did have food in front of them. And they DID pose in the same poses as the painting. And they were wearing clothes similar to the ones in the painting. And they had the same number of people as in the painting. So… unfortunately you’re taking a snapshot and it doesn’t show everything in the “ show”. It definitely wasn’t a coincidence.

[@projectjt3149]

either way, it's a travesty

[@truthpopup]

"The mockery was not intentional." There is no such thing as unintentional mockery. Mock is a verb that refers to a deliberate act of imitating with the intent to ridicule. If there is no intent, there is no mockery.

[@MsSilverTulip]

There was no mockery. It is alleged by snowflake Christians who can't cope with anyone criticising their ridiculous beliefs.

[@Ann-sj4pt]

You know what he meant.

[@splatterhousecorrupt8520]

Pequito grande is a woke left tool who perpetuates the lies and vs of the woke left extermists. He has some good and entertaining videos but he is absolutely incapable of unbiased fair or insight when politics are involves. He is joy reid or any otherbraindead leftist name u want to substitute. He is worthless im cases like this and u can copy paste his message to any other woke propogandist and predict what he will say. msi​@Ann-sj4pt

[@macalloway1]

I actually think dr grande using the word "mock" is appropriate for what happened because I think they had a plan and they weren't going out of the way to not offend anyone. Im sure someone saw that it could be interpreted that way during rehearsal and they said "why change the show to not accidentally offend Christians if the actual intended message of the show is going to offend them anyway". The religious people were not gonna say "im fine with the unique gender messaging but they crossed the line with the last supper mockery. Given the themes of it they weren't gonna like it anyway and this "mockery" stuff is a way to not own what really offended them

[@megamillionfreak]

@@macalloway1All that degeneracy is offensive against Nature.

[@MusgraveRitual]

I've noticed that in the world today "freedom of speech" ace card always means defending something distasteful and cynical and debauched. Rarely this privilege brings forth something valuable, worth examining or contemplating over. Funny that.

[@TwinsBigLikeTia]

It’s freedom of speech until it’s anything that goes against their ideology. Then you’re every “ist” and “ism” in their book and lose your job, your following, your friends, your family, etc. Not even hateful stuff either (I’ll never support flat out hate speech), just a different opinion that shouldn’t be offensive, yet it always is 🙄

[@alemswazzu]

Ya, it's free for them, conformity for you. The least tolerant people in the world.

[@BWP-u3y]

... Much like 'modern' art. EDIT: "art".

[@puzzlite]

@@TwinsBigLikeTia Christians preach to thier kids that homosexuals are evil and will burn in hell. Infact they make laws preventing homosexuals from living their lives (George Bush basically won his elections on the fear of Gay Marriage) but when Homosexual respond, all of a sudden its offensive. Too bad, so sad.

[@karis7649]

I really couldn’t disagree more. that’s kind of the point of it. We are all allowed to interpret this world differently and to be judged also for our actions. If someone dislikes the way I interpret the world or the things I say about it - they can judge me appropriately, and i am free to do the same. It’s always valuable that we have those freedoms. Your freedom to complain or judge IS valuable - as is my own.

[@gene-van]

"...people who consider themselves models demonstrated outfits they perceive as fashionable." Brilliant! 😂

[@andrea95835]

Dr grande is m-fing savage and I'm here for it!

[@benbelzer8303]

Yep. 😅

[@BelindaTN]

😅and totally True!

[@Bruh-fo5bc]

As a muslim I will not accept this insult towards our prophet Jesus

[@LavenderSweetTea]

Please ask yourself why it was Christianity that was mocked and always is. The Olympics are worldwide. Look up what happened in France after this. Electricity got cut off in paris besides one CHRISTIAN church left with light. The enemeny knows what the truth is, and God is working. Please choose Jesus, my friend. Choose the bible.

[@MegaShinobi3]

Doctor Grande's analysis and its conclusions are logically flawed. You expected the producers of act to look down the runway table and pick out just the DJ and enough people around her to resemble the "The Last Supper"!!! This was expected to have occur before the protests! Ever hear of something called the Rorschach Test? Despite his calm and even demeanor in the video, he came off as having a bias against left-wing ideology while forgiving right-wing proponents acts (book banning, laws to enforce prayer, etc.) . Thought Doc. Grande was a man of science, but the evidence he presented was all conjecture. This controversy is about ART, subject to personal biases and attitudes of the viewer. ART is always going to offend somebody. If ART was concerned with not offending someone out there, artists would be moving back and forth faster than a moose's ear in a fly swarm.

[@Ericthonius1]

Are u being facetious?????

[@Ericthonius1]

@@MegaShinobi3 are u being pedantic

[@leenevin8451]

Don’t do anything too hasty now?!

[@ObiRoad]

Make no mistake, the offence caused by this depraved tableau was entirely deliberate.

[@Underpar26]

Are they trying to divide us and make us hate each other?

[@romktch17]

I just think it's the least important thing in the world. Even if it is supposed to be the last supper, it's not like Da Vinci was at the supper. His painting is simply just a depiction of what he thought it was, making it just a painting of a dudes imagination of a dinner with Jesus. Nothing more nothing less. Now, why the hell was this performance going on for the OLYMPICS is the real issue. Why even have singers/bands when it should be displaying the athletic talent. Having a fashion show at a sporting event is just so unnecessary and irrelevant to the actual events.

[@johnny10grasp3]

Freedom of speech.

[@lutomson3496]

Storybook characters and imaginary friends I grew out of as a kid..and I'm a recovering catholic

[@richarddixon7855]

Depraved Tableau! That should be the name of a punk rock group. LOL

[@justinlanger7109]

Take a seat on this one Mr Grande. It was diliberate 100%

[@triviatrudy]

They even admitted that it was! It took a while but they did admit that it was a parody of the Last Supper!

[@ShopStylebyme]

@@triviatrudythat is a lie. Guess what people can make fun of anything and everything they want. Go move to North Korea if you don’t like our freedoms. 😂😂Nothing you can do about it!

[@KayBacci]

Great sarcasm, Dr. Grande! 'Dionysius looked more like an undercover police officer who was trying to infiltrate the Smurfs'. I love it. ❤

[@RosemaryOltarzewski]

😂

[@lesjohn534]

🤣I lover the little one-liners he sneaks into his videos.

[@deigamohamed707]

😂😂😂😂

[@KGraceSpeaksKea1335]

😅

[@MegaShinobi3]

Doctor Grande's analysis and its conclusions are logically flawed. You expected the producers of act to look down the runway table and pick out just the DJ and enough people around her to resemble the "The Last Supper"!!! This was expected to have occur before the protests! Ever hear of something called the Rorschach Test? Despite his calm and even demeanor in the video, he came off as having a bias against left-wing ideology while forgiving right-wing proponents acts (book banning, laws to enforce prayer, etc.) . Thought Doc. Grande was a man of science, but the evidence he presented was all conjecture. This controversy is about ART, subject to personal biases and attitudes of the viewer. ART is always going to offend somebody. If ART was concerned with not offending someone out there, artists would be moving back and forth faster than a moose's ear in a fly swarm.

[@bendorn9861]

I wish you could make an exception to your policy of not providing a diagnosis because the people in this video definitely need one.

[@YanoPratt]

The Olympic committee is free to put on whatever show they wish. And I am free to not watch a single minute of the Olympics because of it. Let the fringe groups they are using to mock millions of peoples’ deeply held beliefs support the event on their own and see how the advertisers like the results.

[@benjalucian1515]

The show goes on

[@quiCksilvieZzz]

I am Greek and I am ashamed for the French. This was not fit for Olympics ceremony.

[@iankclark]

I’m with you

[@Well_Ill_Be_GodDangled]

Yes, just ignore the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy the lifetime of stultifying work and sacrifice of hundreds of athletes because of the opening ceremony. Alrighty then.

[@imsosmart942]

After I saw that, had no desire to watch the Olympics

[@Phyllyps-Levine]

Artistic gaslighting,

[@johnny10grasp3]

Go complain about South Park or something.

[@hoots187]

@@johnny10grasp3why not both

[@TheGoodMMADog]

Snowflake

[@ExposingKogwuSamson]

@@TheGoodMMADog Hopefully the bot accounts like yours keep it up so more Olympic Advertisers boycott the Olympics.

[@TheGoodMMADog]

@@ExposingKogwuSamson you see, if you really thought I was a bot, you wouldn’t reply. What’s it like being overly sensitive to pixelated images on a screen?

[@traildoggy]

Let's be honest though, EVERYTHING about runway fashion shows is bizarre.

[@ThePatynight]

Completely agree and drag queens are bizarre as well!

[@theinnerlight8016]

True. But what as any of this clown show to do with an athletic competition?

[@kazandraschellenger5505]

I think the fashion industry is just a front for something way more insidious. Balenciaga is a perfect example.

[@Ekam-Sat]

Runaway trash fashion.

[@luisayabut7965]

Bizarre, madness! Out to entice you to join their cult.

[@marcoromano3508]

WAS THIS "CEREMONY" REALLY NAMED: "La Cène Sur Un Scène Sur La Seine" ? If this is true, there's nothing more to argue about.

[@Hodoss]

It wasn't. That was the title of a newspaper article. Just a funny/clickbaity title.

[@marcoromano3508]

@@Hodoss you can believe it if you want to :)

[@Hodoss]

@@marcoromano3508 You're the one who asked the question, don't ask questions if you can't stand the answers. Google it and you will quickly see it was a pun title for articles. It doesn't require faith, just some fact checking. At no point was this title shown or said during the ceremony. What they did say is it's a reference to a Feast of the Gods painting. Again can be found with some googling, and the reference is obvious. It represents Olympian gods. Because yeah, Olympic Games, not Christianic Games.

[@djfunkychicken]

The official response by organisers was "we are sorry you were offended" This clearly shows how unapologetic they were to the situation

[@MsSilverTulip]

They shouldn't have to apologise. Religions are ridiculous - it is perfectly reasonable to mock beliefs about a magic man in the sky.

[@ChrisMissal]

Christianity stole everything from previous cultures and religions. It's not hard to find things resembling Christianity. A real Christian would turn the other cheek.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@MsSilverTulip which has only become legal and accepted in recent decades..the comfy existence u frequent is based on it

[@Koozomec]

​​@@WillyEckaslikeand it's a good thing to criticize or mock religions. Teachers have been hurt in France for that in recent events.

[@djfunkychicken]

@@MsSilverTulip so where does this madness end.. what’s next? Am I going to be expected to accept pedophiles ??? This is a SPORTS event.. not bedroom politics

[@cookie_dough_hangover]

Let's say they didn't do it on purpose, but there had to be at least one person who would have said: you know, guys, this kinda looks like The Last Supper, let's just NOT do this.

[@EinsteinsHair]

There is more than one Last Supper painting. Da Vinci's is just the most famous. There was an image for the 2004 TV series, Battlestar Galactica, where it seemed they were trying for a "last supper" look. I don't remember any controversy, even though the central figure, in red, was a Cylon villain.

[@eurekahope5310]

​@@EinsteinsHairProbably because few outside of Star Trek fandom knew about it. The Olympic artless display was global.

[@karenking5357]

​@@EinsteinsHairprobably because they weren't mocking it they were imitating it and there's a difference

[@colinmacdonald5732]

They did it for MASH, the original movie, too.

[@lisagardner903]

Exactly! I am a Christian but I would not mock another religion during an Olympic event. The opening cerimony was supposed to be about the Olympic games not politics or religion.

[@LAB504NEWORLEANS]

Why is there a child there?

[@kingcosworth2643]

Because the progressive ideology has a strong belief about exposing children to drag

[@joannewalsh7498]

The act was literally called La cene sur un scene sur la seine. Which means Last Supper on a stage on the seine. So I respectfully disagree.

[@eadler1220]

Where did you see that title?

[@jenniferwampler8634]

The opening ceremony was literally named "La Cène Sur Un Scène Sur La Seine," which means “The Last Supper on a Stage on the Seine."

[@Dan-mm7gc]

Citation?

[@lademoiselleketoret6958]

😱😱😱

[@juliecreaser878]

Well then.....that translation says it all.

[@lindap.5120]

No, it means the dinner, etc. Not all dinners are religious.

[@lindap.5120]

Are Christians incapable of play?

[@KatinkaPofmuis]

"La cène" literally translates to The Lord’s / Last Supper. "La cène sur une cêne sur la Seine" translates to "The Last Supper on a supper on the Seine". It's 100 % intentional.

[@SurnaturalM]

Pas de danger qu'il aurait fait la même chose avec les musulmans. Ça aurait demandé du courage et force est de constater que les français n'en n'ont plus.

[@nowakevelyne223]

Stop the BS. All this was about Olympic greek old gods. Philippe Katherine play Dyonisos, god of wine, nude in a cup of fruits. It's humoristic and historic. Nothing to do with "the Cène", nothing to do with Jésus.

[@megsley]

​@@nowakevelyne223 you're joking, right? you can't be that stupid.

[@miketan4803]

​@@nowakevelyne223 really? Where is Dionysus - don't see no one with dionysus staff, drinking cup and ivy crown. Blatant lie. In any case so now it's ok to mock Greeks and greco religion? Unrepentant

[@miketan4803]

​@@nowakevelyne223I'll suggest you take it up with Greece if you think it's ok to mock their old gods instead

[@fredetioles4890]

When one has created a completely hollow work, the only way to make people talk about it is to shock.

[@KayosHybrid]

it's amazing how unfamiliar these comments are with French people and french cinema. is this all American commenters in here?

[@dreamsandshadows582]

Astute point.

[@FupaCurioso]

A dancer with his balls hanging out in front of a kid is considered French??

[@meanstavrakas1044]

Greeks? I AM GREEK! I have NEVER seen any Greeks that look like these. Most were not even Europeans! This is a mockery that was meant to offend, PERIOD!

[@TastySlowCooker]

When Dr Grande said he was going to into the background of this case I thought he’d have to start 2000 years ago

[@annal7364]

😁

[@lutomson3496]

Story book characters and imaginary friends I grew out of as a kid some dont

[@StAlphonsusHasAPosse]

​@@lutomson3496 They are the smart ones then

[@AnnSmajstrla]

It would be impressive if he pulled that off in 11 minutes 😆

[@alexandramunoz4551]

😂😂😂😂 your comment just make my day 😂😂😂😂

[@susanc4622]

What has been missed from Dr Grande's analysis is that the 'crown' resembled not a halo but a monstrance. A monstrance is used to house the consecrated Eucharist in Catholic churches. It is a very close resemblance and France is a Catholic country. It seems unlikely that this was unintentional. Also, it wasn't Joan of Arc on the horse; it was apparently a pagan goddess associated with the Seine river.

[@Nerdy-By-Nature]

Indeed, the claim is that it was Sequana the goddess of the Seine and daughter of Dionysus. But it is very interesting to me that Sequana is NEVER depicted as riding on a horse, only a duck boat. But they chose to have her ride in on a horse. Again, seems like an intentional choice.

[@positivevibes5684]

​@@Nerdy-By-Natureit was the pale horse of the Apocalypse

[@mariamarks995]

sus

[@Nerdy-By-Nature]

@@positivevibes5684 I think there's even a case for it referencing the white horse (Rev 6:2 & 19:11), the conquerer, the judge, The Word. Which would be further reference to Jesus.

[@NanaWilson-px9ij]

There is also a pale horse, ridden by Death.

[@nunyabizness3777]

The organizers ADMITTED they were parodying Da Vinci's "The Last Supper." One of the actors at the table even called it the "New Gay Testament."

[@scottjannarone6622]

Thanks for offering your analysis

[@PhrontDoor]

No.. the local NEWS people said that. The organizers said it was the Feast Of the Gods painting as the basis.

[@robertnobles8189]

Feast of the Gods painting has Apollo at the center of the table with a halo as he was the sun god. Christianity later adopted the Greek symbolism.

[@vivvpprof]

It's a Biblical trope, lol, not just a painting.

[@wolfumz]

well, yeah, it's no secret it was a play on The Last Supper. The Last Supper is a painting. It's not the bible. In the same way that everyone recognizes The Mona Lisa, but no one knows who the woman Mona Lisa was, paintings can take on a life of their own, totally separate from their subject. Christians do not own this painting. I understand, the painting depicting a well known scene from the gospels, but it also has cultural meaning beyond that. To be frank I have a hard time understanding why this is so distressing to Christians. Throughout the western world, we all culturally Christian to some degree. Christians are not being harmed here, and I don't quite see how this is _so_ offensive, that it's like an intolerable assault on their human dignity. Compare this to the very real and harmful ways Christians discriminated against gays up until very recently. When I got out of college, I worked at a firm where they had fired sales reps and managers for being gay. Being gay was so stigmatized, that you had to keep it secret, in polite society. The AIDS crisis killed tens of millions of gay men in the EU and US, as governments bungled the response. There are places today where men and women are thrown into prison for being gay, some countries implement the death penalty. Even when my kids were growing up in the 90s and 00s, being gay was still quite contentious and highly stigmatized, the boys all used it as a slur. Prior to same sex marriage, LGBTQ couldn't access the same civil/legal rights as straight couples. In pop culture, gay people were mocked all the time, and painted as predators. I knew someone who got kicked out of their house at age 17 (and this was in 2010's, not long ago), because they were gay, and their Christian parents couldn't tolerate that. A five second tableau vivant seems like small potatoes, IMO, by comparison.

[@Jeanne90275]

Being that it's France, it was a "Charlie Hebdo" without the risk of a terror attack. The French do love to push the envelope, but usually they strive for at least a modicum of style and taste. This time they achieved only tackiness in their bid for controversy.

[@GarrukishVol]

no you didn't say he looked like a police officer trying to infiltrate the smurfs

[@michelecrosse4261]

Too funny!

[@iffyangel3380]

😂😂😂

[@flowerchild89]

😂😂😂 that guy was creepy AF

[@benjalucian1515]

No idea why they painted him blue. Dionysus was never blue. Were they thinking of Vishnu?

[@my1creation]

His best line ever 🩵🤣

[@Darrigrande]

What is happening in France? They delivered a performance full of vulgarity and, bad taste. I had expected more from a land with a rich history and tradition like France.

[@blackosprey2219]

France also prides itself on being on the cutting edge of culture and Progress.

[@claire7643]

@@blackosprey2219This was certainly a flop in that regard.

[@AngelaFerrante-ms2xu]

Very cheap, total lack of class and lack of boundaries. Do they think people are stupid?

[@nighttrain1236]

@@blackosprey2219 It's more like France's culture has been colonised by American progressive culture, e.g., Critical Theorists. They had to get drag artists in there to Queer something or other. How brave!?

[@meciocio]

​@@AngelaFerrante-ms2xupeople are stupid

[@Mickey-jn8hz]

Looks more like a freak show than the olympics…..

[@mkunes2502]

@@Mickey-jn8hz The American team has mostly mixed race and Black athletes. There was one white guy, in gymnastics. He was obviously Gay.

[@deedeskin2439]

​@mkunes2502 The Olympics IS a freak show, this sickening display just hammers the point even deeper. It's nothing but Olympics on one channel, 24/7, to hell with anything else, including real news. Total freak show from hell.

[@mkunes2502]

@@deedeskin2439 It’s funny to see christians get all bent, about their PERCEIVED insult to the “Last Supper”. The painting was a Renaissance work by a known pederast. The Renaissance itself, the rediscovery of ancient Greek philosophy and art, was only necessary because of the insanity of the christian cult. It was the christians that burned the libraries and plunged western civilization into the dark ages, for 1000 years. The Renaissance was a giant middle finger, to christianity. As for the Olympics, the Europeans had a front row seat to a christian nation murdering 20 million people. So, yeah, they get to mock christianity all they want.

[@indieshortfilm]

🤡

[@kwabenatree]

@@deedeskin2439 The Olympics is a freak show that is why it was banned for 1500 years 😉

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

The blob in the front is now going to sue anyone who criticizes her😂 Her attorney made a statement regarding her intentions.

[@JC111WPB]

Uh oh, you just criticized her

[@karenking5357]

LET'S SUE HER FOR "HATE SPEECH" .... THAT'S WHAT "THEY" WOULD CALL IT, IF IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND... IT'S ALL VERY DESPICABLE 🤬

[@Banzai431]

I have to wonder why absolutely no one organizing this mess stood up at any point in time and said "Don't you think this is a little debased for something as serious as the Olympic Games?"

[@_droid]

France doing French things. Not really a surprise especially concerning "art" and fads-du-jour.

[@slottyken]

You would think 🤔

[@BimmerBros]

Everyone involved was the edgy artsy type, so no one to step up or even see what’s wrong

[@kimlersue]

Check into who they were.

[@kingcosworth2643]

Because they are all part of the cult

[@TheRealTomLauda]

The title was "La Cène sur une scène sur la Seine" (La Cène = Last Supper in french, full translation is "The Lat Supper on a stage above la Seine" where "la Seine" is the name a the river, the word "stage" in french is "scène" and is pronounced exactly like the river's name and "La Cène" ). It was very intentional, very deliberate, they knew EXACTLY what they were doing.

[@tombreckinridge6218]

Stop pretending to be offended by everything

[@flw9633]

Thanks for your comment. I was about to post the same thing.

[@zhangd1000]

Greek gods also had a last supper? Don’t fool the public, someone in the public is smarter.

[@MSJ_raptor]

@@tombreckinridge6218 ?

[@ember1794]

​@@zhangd1000 Actually, in Vatikan we were told, the bread and wine theme was heathen, at first, but was re-interpreted for Christian belief and the easier integration of heathens into Christianity - just like Ostern (Easter) is originally a heathen celebration named after the Goddess Ostara, but became very meaningful for Christians - I don't mind the combination of heathen and Christian things, they go together well and seem to have helped people to live together more peacefully

[@YouTubeOverrated]

Geez the Olympics really said hold my bud Light this year

[@Zilron38]

👏👏🤣

[@johnym1]

Stop it. You made me spit out my drink. Lmao

[@judsongaiden9878]

In France, it would be something like Pinot Gris.

[@cahdesosabakota795]

Why do Christians and other Abrahamic religions often think that they are the center of the universe and that everything revolves around them?

[@sandybrown7621]

Hold my Bud Light 😂😂😂😂

[@consciousconvos6060]

As a Muslim, I was offended and I believe it was intentional.

[@leenevin8451]

Don’t blow anything up it’s not that deep

[@Hilz28]

Why are you offended... If you're a Muslim? 🤔

[@ouwebrood497]

As a muslim, I was offended. I think that's tautological.

[@BryanLJohn]

Brother, I agree with you.

[@consciousconvos6060]

I didnt know Dr Grande has so many Islamophobic followers.

[@archiebald4717]

If I were French, I would feel very let down and that my taxes had been completely wasted on such nonsense.

[@fredetioles4890]

I am. I do.

[@archiebald4717]

@@marie-angequinot6674 I really don't understand it all. France has an amazing society, a beautiful country, top class athletes, world class scientists, philosophers and authors, as well as a very rich history. The worldwide audience will wonder what the hell is going on. They were not only mocking Christianity, they were mocking France. Truly disgusting.

[@jaykilborn2508]

There are some French who do feel that way.

[@marie-angequinot6674]

@@archiebald4717 You're right. Thank you for your praise.

[@archiebald4717]

@@marie-angequinot6674 I am a UK brexiteer, who loves and respects France. Mocking France at the Olympics is really not funny and not appropriate. It is truly shameful.

[@johngaudy]

I just wonder when this group will decide to make not-so-subtle mockery of Islamic religion. Their bravery or cowardice would truly be measured at that point. I don't think they have it in them to attenpt it.

[@JCAlder]

France did it, got bombed, then did it again. Don’t talk about what you clearly have no clue about. Also they didn’t make fun of Christians, but Christian’s will only see what they want to see. Did you know there were 17 apostles and Jesus looked like a Smurf. Bae please

[@AmonAnon-vw3hr]

Never, loxism is directed squarely at European Christians.

[@maryseflore7028]

Charlie Hebdo. Rings a bell? The French actually dared.

[@stephenbaatz6043]

They don’t want to offend the winning team. Sorry not sorry.

[@user-aero68]

Centuries of suffering from religious wars in God's name explain the lack of respect for religion (not so much God) in France.

[@flowerchild89]

Why weren't the athletes ever spoken about??? Isn't that the point??? They worked so hard for that crap of an opening? It had nothing to do with the Olympics. Where's the pope??? 😡🤔🤔🤔

[@Tenebarum]

I watched gymnastics and they kept cutting over to celebrities in the audience. I don't want to see those narcissists, I wanted to see Simone Biles. It's like they're trying g to shove them down our throats.

[@benjalucian1515]

@@Tenebarum Get over it. You saw Simone participate in every event. Yes, they do want to show American stars who are in the audience.

[@JoJo-Wilcocks]

​@@Tenebarumexactly

[@theinnerlight8016]

It should be about the athletes. The pope is not an athlete as far as I know.

[@yellowstonekv959]

I agree about the Pope. I wonder what his thoughts were about the depravity and blasphemy.

[@Janellabelle]

The New York Post reported that they said they WERE inspired by the da Vinci painting of The Last Supper. They admitted it, then backtracked.

[@Xtheearthchildx]

I dont understand the obsession with drag queens. I just went on a cruise, virgin voyages, and the whole theme is basically drag. At karaoke there’s a drag queen, the show I went to in their theater was about drag, a girl sang the song “I feel like a woman” and they had to specify this song is for “biological women” like is there any other kind?? And now this! I truly feel like I can’t get away from this like what is going on ? lol I have no idea how this night club activity snuck its way into every single part of society.

[@benjalucian1515]

Probably because it's popular. That's usually how.

[@cassieRD]

Because it's popular and "cool" ... just wanting to shove extra wokeness onto everybody watching. This is what happens. France is a joke.

[@ritaparker478]

I'm sick of it. They aren't amusing, they are caricatures of women. Ridiculous nonesense.

[@pong9000]

It's basically blackface performance but gender instead of race. An intersectionalist should chime in to explain why that was popular a century ago, and why putting drag queen caricatures on stage is progressive, actually.

[@splijter]

Things don't accidentally get popular, they are promoted to become popular.

[@sergeipohkerova7211]

I love the calm disdain and contempt that Dr. Grande conveys with such calm class toward these cringe, talentless, wannabe "artist" losers.

[@stan-malogesnel8397]

philipe catherine is a well known artist in France. We have a very different History with religion you obviously have a knack for freedom as long as it doesn't concern your obsession with magic. For the record it is basically not a topic of interest in France.

[@creativechaosify]

Putting the religious aspect aside, the whole thing was aesthetically repulsive.

[@benjalucian1515]

@@creativechaosify Not for everyone, apparently.

[@sergeipohkerova7211]

​@@stan-malogesnel8397uh, I live in France too, bud.

[@sharonmedeiros9819]

They way you make fun of them is the exact reason why they were angry enough to do this. Its also satanic.

[@randyboggs3269]

Being this was on a world stage, I believe they did this for shock value. Great video Dr Grande!

[@anzelaiv]

Clearly, because they had nothing better to offer.

[@timkempuk]

I didn't bother watching the opening ceremony because I knew it was going to be an awful watch, and it doesn't surprise me they put on such an awful performance, considering the direction theses idiots in charge are taking society.

[@kelleycarr6414]

You upload videos so frequently (many times two in one day!!) it is really amazing. I thoroughly enjoy your analyses, and points of view. You also teach as you talk - thank you. I hope realize how many people truly, genuinely love your content and absolutely enjoy your sense of humour. Thank you, Dr. Grande!

[@bweaver760]

The famous “The Last Supper” painting was not even done by a French artist, but was created by a famous Italian artist Leonardo DaVinci!

[@patriciagodfrey6345]

And is located in Italy!

[@meinbherpieg4723]

The French have always been jealous of Italians. They have a... complicated history.

[@Jen39x]

And none of those who sang were French citizens

[@PapagenoHannover]

Leonardo at the end of his life lived in France and was a good friedn of king Francis I. Neverthelles it is of bad taste to masturbate over his work!

[@ophilianecr]

Lady Gaga isn't French either. She's got Italian roots, but there she was. So what's your point? They weren't sticking to French only things. 🙄

[@ThisEpicLife]

Let's not forget the fact that the central figure posted a message on Instagram, proudly calling this, "The New Gay Testament!"

[@Nightshade1881]

Well the Old Testament does condone slavery any many other terrible things so Both could be equally shitty

[@MichaelYoder-e8g]

Jesus' colours are always blue AND red. That's traditional. It was a play on a Bachannale - an ancient Greek feast. And if you want the Olympics to be really original, all the athletes would be naked.

[@enzyme181]

anyone notice that one guy who was stabding right behind the underage kid has his balls hanging out? Even if they were protraying Greek gods, they were still sitting at a table like the Last Supper in the same positions.

[@JoJo-Wilcocks]

Yes I noticed the balls. Clearly. Why in the world did the Olympic Committee think this was acceptable.

[@katierucker2870]

Exactly!

[@enzyme181]

@@megleland6320 Did you see the balls or did the comment get deleted because I dont see the comment with the link I replied.

[@DamePiglet]

​@@megleland6320with balls hanging out.

[@DamePiglet]

​@megleland6320 your balls fall out of a run in your tights? Honey, we know the difference between thighs & balls. Those were balls.

[@AngelaFerrante-ms2xu]

The organisers knew what they were doing when they presented this disgraceful rubbish. They are a bunch of nasty hypocrites saying they didnt mean to offend anyone when all along they had every intention of taking cheap shots at Christians/Roman Catholics.

[@parabob2359]

Or maybe Christians are a bunch of snowflakes! Jesus would have forgiven them so maybe they should read their own text 😂

[@lazyakers]

This was a very calculated move. They made it similar enough to the last supper painting to troll Christians in the audience, but different enough to leave open the possibility of plausible deniability.

[@Venejan]

I suspect someone in charge was given a preview and blew the whistle on some of the more obvious and obscene references to The Last Supper, leaving the final version just ambiguous enough to let it go through as a controversy rather than a full-blown scandal.

[@SarahJames777]

Bingo

[@marinagerasimchuk4598]

This!!!!

[@karin3594]

its not jesus but Dionysos ,

[@Jd-808]

Even this isn’t true. There isn’t plausible deniability; it’s obviously recalling the Last Supper. They just underestimated the backlash and people who want to believe what they say do so, even against their own prior judgments.

[@jpa_crypto]

I didn't finish viewing the Paris Olympics opening. I went back to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening and found pure athleticism and artistry.

[@angelwings3128]

Have a look at the Athens 2004 Opening Ceremony, it was elegance all the way!

[@jpa_crypto]

@angelwings3128 Athens 2004 was also great in terms of artistry. It captured the spirit of the Olympic games, as inspired by the ancient games.

[@followdatruth]

How is it possible for a professional artist to not notice the similarities to the Last Supper, one of the most iconic paintings in art history ? I cannot accept that the creators for this world stage were unaware of this.

[@benjalucian1515]

Maybe religion isn't as big a deal to them as it is to the USA.

[@ziporahhorvath1802]

The Last Supper painting is an artist’s rendering of this event.

[@WillyEckaslike]

@@benjalucian1515 its a country with a long history of catholisism

[@annereidy7981]

Yes, especially in having the convenience of being able to cite a mostly unknown painting as reference, sounds like deliberate detailing to me.

[@aleksandrazuzela5017]

Jan Harmensz van Biljert, The Feast of The Gods, c. 1640. Warning: there’s some nudity, you may be ofended.

[@perrymason6470]

The french TV "France Télévisions", which filmed it, wrote on X that it was about the Last Supper

[@MaryDunford]

Yes. They were quite proud of it until the backlash. Then organizers sent cease and desist notices to remove the footage that included the title.

[@vincentnonnenmacher9352]

They are like in the second war ‘radio Paris’ this is state television and just relaying whatever the government say. There is a mixed feeling about this, but more than 80% of people genuinely like the show. Far right and accompanied easily offensed people are making their stands, to mark their position, as we are still waiting for the president to honor last legistalive results and nominated a left prime minister.

[@Warp2567]

I can't find the post. Did they remove it on X? I would greatly appreciate if you can help me find it, or maybe a screenshot of it. I want to show to everyone who doesn't believe it was about the Last Supper.

[@perrymason6470]

I guess they removed it. The tweet was : "La mise en Cène est légendaire". It means "the staging was legendary". Staging is the translation of "mise en scène" : they replaced "scène" by "Cène" in their tweet. "Cène" means Last Supper in french.

[@RationalGaze216]

I always wonder what would happen if these artistic drag shows mocked Islam in the same way they mock Christianity. Particularly in France, where there is a large contingent of Arab Muslims.

[@HanzGibbler]

Why didn't you bring up the 17th century painting that they claimed this performance is based on? It's called Le Festin des Dieux and you look it up. It looks exactly like the performance down to the halo around the central character's head, the chaotic nature of the poses and Dionysus sitting in the foreground. They even claimed it in the apology but you left that out.

[@SailorBarsoom]

Now that's interesting. And you know, I don't hear Pagans around the world crabbing about it.

[@josephrowan580]

And why didn’t you bring up the fact that this painting was in itself a deliberate emulation of 'The Last Supper'?

[@Roofhack]

There was food when Dionysus came out, he came out on a silver dinner platter. And from what I have seen from the producers and the assumed title ("La Cène sur une scène sur la Seine"), it was supposed to imitate the last supper. So I disagree, it seems this was intentional. Their non-apology also doesn't seem to state it was unintentional, which I would think would be the first thing to be highlighted if it was a mistake.

[@nowakevelyne223]

Ils ont voulu faire un jeu de mots avec la Cène sur Seine, mais le tableau n'avait rien à voir avec la Cène, plutôt avec "le festin des dieux". Dieux de l'Olympe, pour des jeux olympiques. Le directeur artistique l'a expliqué lui même.

[@Roofhack]

@@nowakevelyne223 First, no one cares about a play on words for a performance. Second, there is no other 'play on words' the director could have used that didn't include the last supper? As someone who preforms play on words from writing all the time this is obvious. Why use a specific Christian motif "last supper" when this doesn't exist in Greek mythology?

[@31webseries]

That was supposed to be Joan of Arc?? I legitimately thought it was an Assassin’s Creed homage.😂

[@Rhonda_Maldonado_61824]

It was the Rider of the pale horse from Revelation.

[@CindyCockerham]

I read it was a Celtic goddess who rides an iron horse up and down the river.

[@alukuhito]

I don't even know what you're talking about. Video games?

[@misswashington6525]

We thought the torch bearer resembled Assassin's Creed 😂😂😂

[@eagleeye2300]

Ghost rider of the apocalypse, more like.

[@laineymcd4074]

I am now thankful I did not watch the opening ceremony. Not only that, but I will now not be watching any of the Olympics. If this debauchery is deliberately presented to children as part of the opening, what else are they going to display as the days unfold. Now I don't care what they want to call themselves, but I do care when semi naked individuals are presented to minors, especially, as in this case, where they are saying this is acceptable behaviour. It is not. This was a deliberate attempt to offend, and they achieved their aim, people are rightly offended. They pushed their own bigoted views into the faces of children and adults across the globe regardless of whom they offended or affected. Disgraceful.

[@StewieJustSaidDat]

I honestly don’t think kids care or would be affected in any way by the performance. It’s just adults it’s offended. Kids would just laugh at it and forget it. I watched South Park as a child and it honestly helped shape me in a positive way haha. It’s all about how the parents raise them. This was just a stupid pointless performance

[@montsetreserra3499]

​@@StewieJustSaidDatconstant exposure will normalize it for them.

[@nielszindel1151]

@@StewieJustSaidDat ..does that make it right? Wish you would wake up and realise that. the gender crowd want all kids like them. Delia Morris

[@CK-oe8cf]

I appreciate your even-handed and thoughtful analysis.

[@williamsherman1089]

Looks to me like ol' Barbara Butch could benefit from skipping a few suppers once in a while

[@sphinxkat]

She probably self-identifies as athletic

[@briant7265]

That sure wasn't going to be his last supper. Probably has three or four a day.

[@Dolph-fe2ks]

Weird name.

[@brentbyrum4272]

Loolll

[@lynzannabel6990]

@@Genesis-AO Very good.😄

[@passion_proh-jects]

The blue guy was served on a platter... platters go on tables, not carpets. Not to mention Olympics for sporting athletes, not Drag Race for performers

[@jasonr5989]

Pigs feed at ground level predominantly...

[@nowakevelyne223]

He play Dyonisos, god of wine, nude in a cup of fruits, and the other play old greek gods, Olympic greek gods. Historic and humoristic.

[@StewieJustSaidDat]

A ton of the participants didn’t represent the Olympics whatsoever, like snoop dog for example. No need to just target the drag queens! The whole thing was silly for what it was meant to represent.

[@judithgannon5642]

I think adding Dionysus to The Last Supper makes perfect sense if mockery was the aim

[@lolad407]

Have you ever seen a really good drag performance? It definitely requires some athleticism.

[@JMichaelRox]

You said there was not any food or drink but there was, it had just been removed before the final shot panning out. Dionysus is not typically presented as a meal on a platter. Dionysus was the food and wine. This was absolutely intentional.

[@mycofairbanks3321]

gooood one. (Clouseau)

[@mrxxin]

The odd thing is that the ancient Olympics never had any connection to the god Dionysus. Zeus and Nike were the only gods connected with the Olympics.

[@kayzee2675]

I was going to make this same point. They made a Pagan mockery of this sacred bread and wine - of the Pass Over and the Death on the Cross - and the Grace of God provided to us in each.

[@jessicastar433]

@@kayzee2675being obsessed with a murder weapon (a cross) is weird behavior

[@BjornIn1979]

​@@jessicastar433?? Lol "Murder weapon"?!? that's an odd one. Never heard anyone call a cross a murder weapon. 😂 Lol! The cross wasn't spiked. Jesus wasn't stabbed by the cross, ye' dummy. Jesus wasn't even "murdered" in the traditional sense of the word. Since he isn't a mere mortal. But regardless let's go by your logic, wouldn't it make more sense to call the hammer and nails the murder weapons? Since the nails were what "killed" him eventually. Otherwise your logic is like calling the road a "murder weapon" when someone intentionally runs over someone with their car.

[@DavidAnderson-ps3rp]

The emotions that I had were; " What is France doing". Why are you mocking thousands of years of history. You're mocking all Western countries. I was angry. So were my friends at work. Religious and non Religious alike.It seemed like an attack on our Western culture. Our identity. Yes, free speech and expression, but the artists used this event for their own despite agenda. I can understand the despite agenda truma of these artists but not at a time and place such as the Olympics opening. The Olympics organization failed. We're losing torrents with minority groups now. I hope France can see the offensive overtone and gives a genuine apology to all so we can resume as friends. It was an awakening, though, as to what the West stands for in general. I fear the eventual back lash on France. David Anderson New Zealand

[@Maryden69]

The whole ceremony was "merde", anyhow. Nothing replaces a stadium and seeing the athletes marching out, IMHO.

[@VivaStefania]

Olympic surfer Joao Chianca was told he couldn’t compete with his Jesus Christ The Redeemer surfboard because it was inappropriate. Yet this open display of Christian mockery is okay with them. Let that sink in!

[@YayRaven]

And if he had a depiction of the devil there I’m sure he’d be told the same thing! Or a naked woman! Hmm maybe even a topless mermaid!

[@captivatinglove96]

Society is “allowed” to mock and offend Christians, but it knows it cannot dare to mock the values of Islam, Native Americans or anyone else. It comes off awfully one-sided.

[@EL_Duderino68]

Because Christians can take it. Is that the point of the phrase "Turn the other cheek. Is that no longer a Christian thing?

[@lolad407]

I hear Christian’s demonizing and condemning others every day. That’s a little worse than making fun or mocking.

[@ArtVandelayLovesPretzels]

Christians make a mockery of themselves all the time. It’s an easy target.

[@skwills1629]

@@EL_Duderino68 - There is a Difference between Turn The Other Cheek and Continuously Allow Yourself to be Abused. Even Jesus Overturned The Tables of The Moneychangers, and told His Followers Once to Buy Swords for Self Defence, so Turn The Other Cheek doesn't mean Allow All Insult and Certainly doesn't mean Allow Yourself to be Killed, and Real Life is More Complex than Never Act or Always Act. Putting Up with Offence does come with Limits.

[@sylviag313]

Noo, they mock becz ✝️ Christianity is the truth.

[@benjalucian1515]

The Barbara Butch lady is getting death threats. Can't you feel the Christian love? And some Christians wonder why people are leaving the faith...

[@justpeachy697]

The threats, I'll guarantee you isn't by Christians. Just folks tired of the debauchery of everything and also in need of Christ.

[@kayzee2675]

Death threats, or expressions of concern for the state of her immortal soul? Might she conflate one with the other? I suspect so. Have you actually seen these threats?

[@benjalucian1515]

@@kayzee2675 I think she knows the difference between "I'll pray for you" and someone threatening her life.

[@kayzee2675]

@@benjalucian1515 You would think so. However, there are mental disorders that can cause one to be so hypersensitive to negative criticism, and/or the suggestion that they are an unrepentant, prideful sinner, hell bound, that they might confuse the two. It is also possible she is a liar. If she did get death threats, they did not come from Christians.

[@clairelariviere3122]

Are you assuming that all the death threats are from Christians? Many people look for reasons to be threatening online. In fact, trans activists are some of the worse online. Nobody deserves online threats but let’s not jump to conclusions.

[@heckensteiner4713]

"Undercover French Police Officer trying to infiltrate the Smurfs," I'm absolutely dead 🤣🤣🤣

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@blackblog]

Have you ever seen a naked undercover French police officer? They actually have them on their clothing optional beaches, to stop you from taking pictures of the naked people, which is BS IMO. You walk around naked, you get photographed, but they’ll take you to jail in Curaçao for that.

[@honeybunch5765]

Gotta love his humour 😂

[@lademoiselleketoret6958]

😂😂😂♥️♥️♥️

[@AMRAMRS]

@@honeybunch5765 Bet you he had his shit eating grin. Fucking Chad

[@gabyottich7020]

They did it because they're so used to shaming others working in their favor. Most people are willing to be tolerant, but when you attack the people you're asking to be tolerant even though they are already willing, they become unwilling.

[@christie2031]

💯

[@Zigzipy]

They are anti theists for all religions.

[@SurnaturalM]

Let's do the same thing with mulism then. ... Oh wait, you would need courage and (grasp) they're brown! So obviously, you can't do that..

[@danyab1377]

The whole ceremony was visually chaotic and poorly filmed. The only compelling parts were the cool lights emitting from the eiffel tower, the galloping horse on the Seine, Celine’s performance and seeing the balloon rise.

[@Tom-rt6df]

It wasn't "ideology" or "religion" on display. It was Frenchness.