Opening ceremony for Olympics has drag queens resembling the Last Supper

[Guitar's Cry]

Never heard of them anyway.

Me neither!

Though now I have. I imagine that was part of their plan.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

Something else to consider: "Feast of the Gods" motifs weren't exclusive to Leonardo da Vinci and Christian mythology.

Feast of the Gods (art) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[LuisDantas]

Likewise I guess everything that is in any way potentially insulting to people is ok with some people.

You're not far off from the mark there.

That is just how things are.

 

[anna.]

Something else to consider: "Feast of the Gods" motifs weren't exclusive to Leonardo da Vinci and Christian mythology.

Feast of the Gods (art) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[ChristineM]

Some people will see anything in an image if they want to be insulted by it.

 

[Estro Felino]

It seems it has more to do with Greco-Roman mythology than Christian mythology.

I can promise you that Greek pagans vomited after watching this.

 

[sun rise]

I asked a friend today about that since he watched the opening. He's a committed Christian who attends church every Sunday as well as helping those in need. He was not bothered by it. From that it's clear that as usual people have different reactions and it's totally not a "woke" vs "Christian" thing.

 

[Whateverist]

Is it just me or do the most vocal critics of 'woke' seem to others especially indignant in their woke stance against it?

 

[Revoltingest]

Is it just me or do the most vocal critics of 'woke' seem to others especially indignant in their woke stance against it?

Not just you.

 

[LuisDantas]

I can promise you that Greek pagans vomited after watching this.

No, you can not.

You are welcome.

 

[Valjean]

The extravagant opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics has caused fury among the populist and religious right in the United States and elsewhere, with critics especially unhappy about an apparent depiction of the Last Supper featuring drag performers.

Drag performance resembling Last Supper at Olympic opening ceremony rankles conservatives

Insecure people are easily rankled.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

I can promise you that Greek pagans vomited after watching this.

Art is always subjective, so I am sure there will always be people who don't enjoy art even when it depicts something they are into.

 

[Estro Felino]

Art is always subjective, so I am sure there will always be people who don't enjoy art even when it depicts something they are into.

John Keats was an angel passing through on Earth, and he said that art is objective. Beauty is truth.

 

[icehorse]

As I posted in the other thread:


I think people saw the Last Supper when maybe it wasn't actually there:

The ceremony's artistic director, Thomas Jolly, said there was no intention to "mock or denigrate anyone" and explained the scene in question was designed to reference pagan gods.

Jolly told French broadcaster BFM: "The idea was to do a big pagan party linked to the gods of Olympus."


I'll add I'm reminded of Apophenia:

"Apophenia is : “the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas)”

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I get that some people have harmless fetishes, okay. But I would have thought that this would be the wrong venue to show fetishists at work, no?

 

[anna.]

I get that some people have harmless fetishes, okay. But I would have thought that this would be the wrong venue to show fetishists at work, no?

You got that from my post?

 

[icehorse]

I was reading about this despicable thing France has done to insult Christians using a time honored international event of all things, and one commentator in an article i was reading said something very prevalent and that is their hypocrisy shows, because they wouldn't do something disrespectful like that to another religion.

Bingo! They wouldn't touch anything that might remotely smack of Islam with a 10 foot pole.

 

[icehorse]

They actually had a blue-skinned Dyonisus front and center, but you won't believe they meant to represent pagan gods?

I guess literally anything can be offensive to Christianity now.

Christians are pretty much at the bottom of the intersectionality hierarchy and thus are fair game to be offended.

But yes, agreed, it would appear that the Christians making a fuss have indeed joined the "i'm offended" olympics

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No, I'm saying the outraged are reaching, and they don't care they're reaching, because they're seeing what they want to see, and won't accept any disconfirmation.

Yup. They are so convinced it all revolves around them and that the world is so wicked and out to get them that there just seems no convincing them this was not the Last Supper but Feast of the Gods. It doesn't have diddly squat to do with Christianity but is all about Greek Paganism (which Christianity heavily borrowed from, but that's besides the point).
(actually quoted from @anna. I don't know why @Shaul is there)

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I was reading about this despicable thing France has done to insult Christians using a time honored international event of all things, and one commentator in an article i was reading said something very prevalent and that is their hypocrisy shows, because they wouldn't do something disrespectful like that to another religion.

Je suis Charlie!
Also, it didn't have crap to do with Christianity.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Bingo! They wouldn't touch anything that might remotely smack of Islam with a 10 foot pole.

Je suis Charlie!
(just to make sure you saw that to be reminded)