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Paris Olympics organisers apologise for opening ceremony's Last Supper parody
- Published_at:2024-07-28
- Category:Sports
- Channel:Guardian Sport
- tags: 2024 news last supper parody paris 2024 news news 2024 news today olympic games olympic news olympic opening ceremony last supper parody olympics paris 2024 paris 2024 last supper paris 2024 last supper parody paris 2024 news paris 2024 olympics paris 2024 opening ceremony paris 2024 opening ceremony last supper parody sport sport news thomas jolly
- description: Paris 2024 organisers have apologised to Catholics and Christian groups angered by a kitsch tableau in the Olympic Games opening ceremony that parodied Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting. The segment, which resembled the biblical scene of Jesus Christ and his apostles sharing a last meal before his crucifixion, featured drag queens and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine, Dionysus. This drew dismay from the Catholic church and the religious right in US. The creative director of the opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, said: 'I did not intend to be subversive or to mock or shock … In France we can believe or not believe, in France we have a lot of rights and I wanted to convey those values throughout the ceremony.'
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