The 2024 Paris Olympics kicked off with hand-wringing about whether a drag queen banquet scene with a nude blue man at its centre was a mockery of the Last Supper.
The director of the scene’s statement that the tableau referred to a painting of the Feast of Dionysus seemed to do nothing to deter cardinals, bishops, pastors and layfolk alike from rushing to their keyboards to express outrage. Apparently, for instance, according to one such vlogger, the opening ceremony was “the biggest blasphemy, sacrilege, and ridicule of the Christian faith the world has ever seen”.
