"Last Supper" depiction at Olympics Opening Ceremony

It must be tiring getting outraged at every little thing…

Pretty sure Curb your Enthusiasm and It's Always Sunny have made jokes about pretty much everything too.. There's a season of Curb where Larry has a fatwah against him..

An extremely odd opening ceremony, an event that is supposed to showcase sporting achievements has been taken over by people pushing ideological agendas.

It absolutely isn't right that one religion is fair game but others are out of bounds.

Its rank!

Just came here from twitter, the last tweet I read said:

I think the whole prominent use of drag is so, so tired.

It's no longer edgy or cool, just a thoroughly lazy trope for allegedly creative types phoning it in as shorthand for showing "diversity"

A bit like the use of skateboarding shoehorned into adverts to be 'street'.

Yawn.

I bet that young kid will be having nightmares for the rest of her life. Look at the state of that one with the beard and sussies on, ****ing hell !

Let's say they decided for balance to have drag queens do similar for other religions (though I'd argue one of the main reasons why they did this for Christianity is because it's a predominantly Christian country rather than making fun of a minority religion which is the obvious answer to your question);

Which globally recognisable, world-famous, incredibly iconic painting from arguably the greatest artist in history depicting an event from the Jewish or Muslim religions would you recommend they use?

The IOC dont seem to mind child rapists taking part either so here we are!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/25/ioc-investigation-child-rapist-steven-van-de-velde-paris-olympic-games-2024

I don't think you quite understand what radical means. Does it mean something else in Russia?

You have been asked twice to name the iconic, globaly recognised Muslim art work you would like recreated.

I was suggesting they should neither tbh...if you wouldn't do it for other religions then don't do it for the majority one either etc

But I don't know, a depiction of Muhammad in drag in a nightclub with his drag queen mates or something might be on the same level?

Erm, pantomimes were and still are a thing. So children for generations are pretty familiar with the concept of drag. The likes of Dame Edna has been around for decades.

The French response to the event has been resoundingly positive so I think they're pretty happy with what was delivered. Outrage junkies are annoyed but they're getting their high at least.

Well then maybe the reason they can do it is because Christians are more easy-going about it. There, question answered.

Jaysus...anyone that questions something nowadays or has a somewhat different opinion is an "outrage junkie"

The same outrage junkies don’t question and even defend a convicted criminal and rapist who spent inordinate amounts of time around Epstein and is on tape saying some very questionable stuff about female genitals and young girls (including his own daughter)

Of all the things to be “outraged” about in 2024 this is fairly laughable

So the Opening Ceremony was excellent but you were disturbed by dancers in funny costumes.. right so. Your threshold for 'disturbed' is fairly low-- reminds me of that equally disturbing 'Jesus Toast' thing that had individuals in a state of apoplexy... give it a few hours and this will be a non issue, the world will continue, the rest of us will watch the sport, the poor children will not be traumatised by people in funny outfits or dancing queens, nothing will actually happen and most likely the outrage bandwagoners will lurch towards something else.

But they were drag acts, that is not the same as being transgender. Clearly you yourself are very confused by drag performances. Dame Edna was also a drag act, there's fundamentally no difference. Pantomime shows also rely heavily on drag. So basically you don't understand what drag is, it's a form of entertainment.

The OC probably have something in line for the closing ceremony involving the Jewish and Islamic religious.

You're fairly clueless, the last supper is a biblical mention, the artwork is a depiction of that. Therefore, it's not about the artwork, any depiction of the Muslim or Jewish religions by text, could, be used, say Muhammad with his child bride, or the act of Metzitzah B'peh, imagine the outcry if that happened. Al religions should be mocked equally

But that's the thing...questioning or criticising something doesn't necessarily mean you are outraged...

I'd be more likely to be "outraged" at people walking around with hundreds of previous convictions for assault etc getting suspended sentences...but even then I don't think I'd meet a threshold for "outrage" if one exists.

I don't think it's an unreasonable observation to say they wouldn't do it with other religions some of whose adherents really would get outraged so on that basis perhaps they shouldn't do it with the majority one either...just seems like a moron or at best unnecessary decision to me

I assume you are talking about Trump above.....if so not a fan at all.

I remember years ago walking in to my elderly neighbours house and she was watching pornography. Pure pornography!

Well, it was Shirley Temple-Bar doing the Telly Bingo, but if we're to believe all drag is absolutely inherently sexual in nature, she was watching porn. She said something about just needing to get her hands on two fat ladies. I called her a dirty whore and ran out.