Olympics opening ceremony

[Nostaldub]

In the second part a rapper sang about peace sport and France ! Then there was a big reference to the feasts of ancient greece with Drag Queens. Ru paul's drag race is very en vogue in France and https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_en_France you can read this about the history of French drag culture.

The rundown is obviously about the Paris Fashion Week. There was a reference to french clubbing. Philip Katerine is a very famous man.

He was paid 200 € for this performance saying that he did it only because he wanted to speak about peace to the whole world in this peculiar time:

https://www.paroles.net/katerine/paroles-nu-traduction

The man has pretty absurdist songs such as "laissez moi manger ma banane" (let me eat my banana) or Liberté mon cul (Freedom my ass). Then back to clubbing.

The piano on fire on water was incredible. I was kind of sad that the song was Imagine. Yes France is international but there was so many songs about peace that we could have chosen in english. The point is to speak about the French diplomacy effort for peace and to promote peace as a valuable goal for all nations through the Olympic fire.

I loved the rider in the night. Riding on the seine. The effect could have been better but it was incredible still. We honored Pierre de Coubertin and the history of the olympics. The rider represented Jeanne D'arc and other figures of feminine courage stayed in anonymity.

The show ended in a very high note. Giving the torch to Nadal as a symbol of Paris's tennis. The light show was insane and the rain only made it look 100000 times better. Then the last part was about the biggest French olympian and sport figures. Seeing the olympic fire flying in the sky of paris is also insane.

And then the climax: Céline Dion live from the Eiffel tower. Chef's kiss.

85 percent of French people were satisfied and liked the ceremony and a loooooot of people were happy to see it after a divisive electoral period.

I skimmed around and I felt strong emotions of pride and national unity.
I'm glad to be French. I'm not sorry that we are a strange folk. :D