The Paris 2024 Olympic Games organizers issued a statement apologizing for what some social media users described as “a parody of The Last Supper” during the opening ceremony last Friday.
“We never intended to disrespect any religious group,” Paris 2024 spokeswoman Anne Descamps said at a news conference on Sunday.
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While the scene has been the subject of criticism, the opening ceremony was also widely praised, with some users noting that the scene was more reminiscent of other works, such as Johann Rottenhammer and Jan Brueghel’s “The Banquet of the Gods.”
About what happened:
Thomas Jolly, the director of the opening ceremony, insisted that “The Last Supper” was not the inspiration behind the scene in an interview with CNN affiliate BFMTV on Sunday.
“Dionysus comes to the table because he is the Greek god of celebration and that sequence is called ‘festivity,’” Jolly said.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the official Olympic account said the “interpretation of the Greek god Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings.”
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2024-07-29 22:08:38
