If you tuned into the 2008 Olympics, you saw Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page playing ‘Whole Lotta Love’ with Leona Lewis. If you tuned into the 2024 Olympics, you got a parade of drag queens mocking the Last Supper.
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No, I’m not kidding. That was the scene on Friday as France held the opening ceremony for the summer games. In one instance, a bearded man in a low-cut woman’s outfit twerked and crawled around the stage in the rain.
I realize that polite society doesn’t allow one to criticize stuff like this anymore, but I’m going to go ahead and risk being shouted down by pointing out how ridiculous this is. This is the Olympics, not some back-alley Vegas showroom. What exactly does the above performance have to do with countries competing in various sports? Does…
