Mediaite reports:
Friday night’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony angered Christians and conservatives across the world who interpreted it as a mockery of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper ” but the man who organized it said it was actually a nod to Greek mythology.
Thomas Jolly, the ceremony’s artistic director, told the French media on Sunday that he was not mocking anyone but merely putting on a “celebration of Greek mythology.”
“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology,” Jolly told BFMTV. “The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone.”
Read the full article. As you can see below, the official Olympics account on X said as much during the opening ceremonies.
“J’ai voulu être très théâtral”: Thomas Jolly et Daphné Bürki répondent aux critiques sur la cérémonie d’ouverture des JO pic.twitter.com/punG4gEQUl
— BFMTV (@BFMTV) July 28, 2024
Olympics Ceremony Critics Accused of Mocking the Last Supper Was Actually ‘Celebration in Greek Mythology,’ Organizer Says https://t.co/d26YGzJoyk
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) July 28, 2024
The French Olympic Committee has been hard at work taking down videos of their satanic, trans, and occult opening ceremonies claiming copyright laws.
It’s our first amendment right to share these videos and our outright outrage over the anti-Christian Olympic opening ceremonies.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) July 27, 2024
There is no First Amendment right to copyright infringement, Marge. https://t.co/r58Df5tgBZ
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 27, 2024
Watching hillbillies who have never owned a passport vowing to boycott France will never stop being funny.
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) July 28, 2024
The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings. #Paris2024 #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/FBlQNNUmvV
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) July 26, 2024