DISINFO: Olympics opening showed a parody of the Last Supper performed by a bearded woman and men dressed as women
SUMMARY
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games can be called one of the most scandalous in recent years. The opening featured a parody of the "Last Supper" performed by a bearded woman and men dressed as women. This caused a storm of criticism around the world.
RESPONSE
A pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative about the Paris 2024 Olympics.
"Threatened values" is one of the most common narratives used by pro-Kremlin outlets. The narrative is adapted to a wide range of topics and is typically used to discredit liberal Western attitudes regarding the rights of women, ethnic and religious minorities and LGBTIQ groups among others.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics 2024 in Paris was not inspired by the Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci.
"It's not my inspiration (the Christian Supper). There is Dionysus (Philippe Katerine, painted in blue) who arrives at this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology. The god of wine, who is one of the jewels of France. And the father of Sequana, the goddess who is connected to the river, the Seine. The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone. I wanted to make a ceremony that repairs, that reconciles. And also that reaffirms the values of our Republic, liberty-equality-fraternity", - says the director of the ceremony.
Pro-Kremlin outlets often spread a narrative about the deliberate destruction by the West of values such as the traditional family, religion, spirituality and classical culture, eliminating all forms of collective identity. Russia uses this narrative to proclaim itself the defender of traditional social and spiritual values all over the world.
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