As we’ve been reporting, the Paris Olympics opening night ceremony was at various times lewd, insulting, and downright boring. (That being said, I’ll give them some credit: the Eiffel Tower laser show was great, as was Celine Dion’s performance.)
The show caused widespread outrage, with much of it directed at a group of performers mocking Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic “The Last Supper” painting, and now the organizers are apologizing—sort of. The show’s director weakly tried to argue that it had nothing to do with “The Last Supper”:
The ceremony’s artistic director Thomas Jolly had distanced his scene from any “Last Supper” parallels after the ceremony, saying it was meant to celebrate diversity and pay tribute to feasting and French gastronomy.
Olympic organizers apologize to anyone who was offended during the opening ceremonies. It’s not really an apology though, it’s…
