Olympics opening ceremony

[SvennoJ]

shavenferret said:

caz604 said:

For the most part the 2024 Opening Ceremony was horrible. There were some good parts but the whole thing just came off forced and not authentic.

There were also technical issues and the pacing felt off from one jumbled mess to another.

Quite frankly, if this is supposed to showcase French Culture, whomever staged or led this should be canned/fired. Really made the beginning of this year's Olympics off to a false start.

I've already commented on the various salacious things to see, so I won't go over that again. But I found it a bit odd that they would have someone looking like Marie Antoinette holding the decapitated head. It's like they want to celebrate not the person, but the execution itself. Was she that bad? Or are they making a joke about the things France has been known for?

Well yes, it was about the French revolution. Getting rid of the monarchy.

Anyway shock value is part of French culture. See Delicatessen for example.

Whatever it all was, chaotic and technical issues included, it was definitely unapologetically French.