During the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France, an act that evoked Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper painting with drag queens, a transgender model and a singer made up as the Greek god of wine has outraged the ‘Christian’ community. But….the Drag Queens did not focus on the Last Supper; the scene mostly depicted Greek mythology: Bacchus, being The Olympics was born in Ancient Greece.
The parody of the biblical scene, performed against the backdrop of the River Seine, was intended to interpret Dionysus and raise awareness “of the absurdity of violence between human beings”, organisers wrote on X.
The committee was forced to apologise after the performance caused outrage among Catholics, Christian groups and conservative politicians around the world.
