The director of the Paris Olympics' opening ceremony insists 'The Last Supper' was not a creative inspiration.
NBC/XThe director of the Paris Olympics ' opening ceremony insists 'The Last Supper' was not a creative inspiration. apologized to anyone who was offended by a tableau that evoked Leonardo da Vinci's"The Last Supper" during Friday's opening ceremony and provoked outrage by religious conservatives around the world. The organizers, however, defended the concept behind it.
An artistic tableau during the Paris Olympics' opening ceremonies was met with criticism from religious advocates.Thomas Jolly, the opening ceremony director, insisted in an interview with France's BFMTV that"The Last Supper" was not the inspiration behind the scene, explaining that"Dionysus arrives at the table because he is the Greek God of celebration," adding that the particular sequence was entitled"festivity.
But religious conservatives from around the world decried the segment, with the French Catholic Church's conference of bishops deploring"scenes of derision" that they said made a mockery of Christianity — a sentiment echoed by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. The Anglican Communion in Egypt expressed its"deep regret" Sunday, saying the ceremony could cause the IOC to"lose its distinctive sporting identity and its humanitarian message.
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