| shavenferret said: lmao, i think that this was the craziest thing i've seen in a long time because it's whole point is to honor the olympics and the nations coming together in peace. But it seems like a flippant joke or something. Perhaps the people that planned the opening ceremony were on drugs themselves at the time. |
Growing up in Europe it was not all that provocative to me. More like honoring French art/cinema. Yet I can see how it's shocking NA lol.
The culture difference when it comes to nudity and flamboyant expression is very wide.
The movie 'Cuties' came from France as well. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/netflix-cuties-backlash-1.5724482 and even won an award This film won Maïmouna Doucouré the Jury Award for Directing (World Cinema Dramatic) at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
But indeed, it wasn't honoring the Olympics all that much, nor showing much of the country as is usually the case in opening ceremonies. It was entertaining anyway, showing total freedom of expression. Now I wonder what the closing one has in store.
