Thoughts on the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics

[spidermike007]

Did you see the opening cemerony?

 

The parts along the Seine were quite nice. But some of the other parts? Rarely have I ever seen something done in such poor taste. Yikes. The dinner scene? The ladyboys crawling and shimmying on the ground? The kids partying with the queens? I'm watching it again and I can see the symbology, 13 people, one of them is wearing a crown sitting at a long table, it does look like a deliberate mockery of Christianity. I don't really get it, it was so unnecessary, it was sloppy, it was highly inelegant, ugly, and it was just very badly done. The only woman who's not in drag, is 400 lbs and ugly, what is that all about? Is there some anti woman symbology there, or is it an insult to the French monarchies of the past, or is it a tribute to obesity? Or is it just a lame and ineffective celebration of PC culture? 

 

I mean this is France, with a history of great culture. How did they let it descend to this level? Who dreamt this up, how did it get approved, why did they do it, and how can we cancel them? LOL.

 

This was unbelievably bad. It was vomit inducing, and I am a very tolerant person. I respect other people's sexual preferences, and I respect other people's lifestyles, but why disrespect hundreds of millions of people? Just because you can?

Edited July 28 by spidermike007

[Jingthing]

Artistic expression. 

[susanlea]

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Did you see the opening cemerony?

 

The parts along the Seine were quite nice. But some of the other parts? Rarely have I ever seen something done in such poor taste. Yikes. The dinner scene? The ladyboys crawling and shimmying on the ground? The kids partying with the queens? I'm watching it again and I can see the symbology, 13 people, one of them is wearing a crown sitting at a long table, it does look like a deliberate mockery of Christianity. I don't really get it, it was so unnecessary, it was sloppy, it was highly inelegant, ugly, and it was just very badly done. The only woman who's not in drag, is 400 lbs and ugly, what is that all about? Is there some anti woman symbology there, or is it an insult to the French monarchies of the past, or is it a tribute to obesity? Or is it just a lame and ineffective celebration of PC culture? 

 

I mean this is France, with a history of great culture. How did they let it descend to this level? Who dreamt this up, how did it get approved, why did they do it, and how can we cancel them? LOL.

 

This was unbelievably bad. It was vomit inducing, and I am a very tolerant person. I respect other people's sexual preferences, and I respect other people's lifestyles, but why disrespect hundreds of millions of people? Just because you can?

Have not seen an opening ceremony since 2012. Never enjoyed any of them really. Just political statements. I enjoy the track and field events.

[brewsterbudgen]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Artistic expression. 

Exactly.  Not my cup of tea, but freedom of expression is something to be valued.

[Pouatchee]

lady gaga used to be soooo bodacious... she blames her weight gain on her father's restaurant. it saddens me to see how she let herself go this way. her song wasnt very good and she should have practiced her french enunciation more. 

 

 

 

[EVENKEEL]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Artistic expression. 

Great for kids of all ages. 

[stoner]

5 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

lady gaga used to be soooo bodacious... she blames her weight gain on her father's restaurant. it saddens me to see how she let herself go this way. her song wasnt very good and she should have practiced her french enunciation more. 

 

 

 

 

gaga is on a short list of people who gained early acceptance into tisch school of the arts. 

[stoner]

22 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Exactly.  Not my cup of tea, but freedom of expression is something to be valued.

 

was that the venue to express like that though ? many people feel it was hardly family friendly. 

 

 

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

lady gaga used to be soooo bodacious... she blames her weight gain on her father's restaurant. it saddens me to see how she let herself go this way. her song wasnt very good and she should have practiced her french enunciation more. 

 

 

 

I loved it.

[novacova]

9 minutes ago, Pouatchee said:

lady gaga used to be soooo bodacious... she blames her weight gain on her father's restaurant. it saddens me to see how she let herself go this way. her song wasnt very good and she should have practiced her french enunciation more. 

 

 

 

How long have you been on planet earth? In case you didn’t know, women earthlings tend to take on more rounder shape as they age.

[sungod]

The last supper was just a freak show.

[Jingthing]

It's flippin' Paris for chrissakes.

Not Bumfunk Mississippi.

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Not Bumfunk Mississippi.

 

nice pejorative towards a group of people. great insight into ones character. 

[Yellowtail]

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Artistic expression. 

Like a crucifix in urine. The beauty of leftist art. 

[brewsterbudgen]

16 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

was that the venue to express like that though ? many people feel it was hardly family friendly. 

 

 

I guess it depends on the family!  

[brewsterbudgen]

3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Like a crucifix in urine. The beauty of leftist art. 

Leftist?  Piss Christ is a classic work of art.  Even Pope Francis gave it the thumbs up.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ

Edited July 28 by brewsterbudgen

[MalcolmB]

18 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

was that the venue to express like that though ? many people feel it was hardly family friendly. 

 

 

I bet it wasn’t the actual kids who were complaining just the over protective Karen parents. 

[TedG]

2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Like a crucifix in urine. The beauty of leftist art. 

It is fine to express this view in the proper venue.   The Olympics is not the proper venue. 

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Leftist?  Piss Christ is a classic work of art.  Even Pope Francis gave it the thumbs up.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piss_Christ

The first leftist Pope. 

[stoner]

3 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

I bet it wasn’t the actual kids who were complaining just the over protective Karen parents. 

 

give your head a shake troll. kids are vegetables. also using the word karen is kind of a pejorative now..... you now that right ? 

 

see how easy it is ?  

Edited July 28 by stoner

[it is what it is]

 

pushing boundaries, extremely creative, loved it.

[MalcolmB]

3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

why disrespect hundreds of millions of people? Just because you can?

I didn’t feel disrespected.

Did you feel disrespected?

Too much sensitivity and wokeness these days.

[Pouatchee]

25 minutes ago, novacova said:

How long have you been on planet earth? In case you didn’t know, women earthlings tend to take on more rounder shape as they age.

 

straight from the lady's mouth

the article is dated but still could be one reason.

i have known many portuguese, italian, spanish women and i know how 'voluptuous' they get with age... but one would expect more from lady gaga... i still love her old videos

 

https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/09/26/lady-gaga-weight-gain

Edited July 28 by Pouatchee

[tarheeldan]

Gojira part was awesome. The part you're talking about was disgusting.

[EVENKEEL]

I wonder why Christianity was the theme and not say Muslim theme. Well, maybe next time ehh.

[stoner]

1 minute ago, Pouatchee said:

 

straight from the lady's mouth

 

https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/09/26/lady-gaga-weight-gain

 

mama mia :)

 

 

[TedG]

3 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I wonder why Christianity was the theme and not say Muslim theme. Well, maybe next time ehh.

 

Ask the people who work at Charlie Hebdo.

[Yellowtail]

I think it would have been way better if they had had statues of Trump and everyone could p*ss and sh*t on him, and then they could wipe with American flags. They could also raise a lot of money for gender affirming care by auctioning the shat-on statues and flags to rich leftists. 

 

Too bad no one thought of it...maybe they can start doing it a Kamala's fundraisers. 

[herfiehandbag]

My thoughts: as a conservative (note the small "c") Englishman, who loves La France, likes it's people, knows something of it's literature and culture, and speaks it's language (albeit with an appalling accent); I thought they had completely lost the plot!

Edited July 28 by herfiehandbag

[Yellowtail]

1 minute ago, TedG said:

 

Ask the people who work at Charlie Hebdo.

Islam is a religion of peace!