TVNZ on the six o’clock news talked more about the rainy weather than the drag queens and parody of the Last Supper, a substantial slur against the Christian faith. They’d never attempt it with Islam, would they?
The image of a blue man posing naked on a table in front of the Last Supper of the Drag Queens surrounded by fruit has the inference ‘eat me’. A child features (the suggestion of paedophilia) and the central drag queen is adorned with a crown/halo. TVNZ commented that this segment was “ridiculous”, but the images are much more than that.
TVNZ didn’t comment on the raunchy bearded man in drag suggestively baring his backside to all comers as he scuttles down the catwalk on all fours, or the two young men and a young woman disappearing into a room for a ménage à trois behind the closed door. Neither did they show French singer Aya Nakamura dressed in Dior suggestively clutching her crotch as she sings. Have you seen such a public display of crotch grabbing from a female singer before? Not as easy to do in a form-fitting dress but she managed.
TV3 made a meal out of the wet weather in Paris too, while claiming the “games are underway in style” and the opening ceremony lived up to the claim of “the greatest show on earth”. TV3 commented on the “obvious blunder” of the Olympic flag being raised upside down, but, if not a blunder, then what is the significance? A raised upside-down flag can mean distress or surrender.
There are several explanations as to why NZ mainstream media did not cover the blatant (and in my mind) perverted sexuality. Either they condone it, or they don’t condone it but only showed sections suitable for family viewing; the last option is that they missed it altogether because they’re thick. You choose.
Family viewing it was not and Macron came under heavy fire on social media after bragging “What a week! What games! This is France.” Look at the comments on his X feed:
The outcry from Christians and conservatives worldwide was immediate and loud. Olympic sponsor C Spire immediately withdrew funding and the International Olympic Committee took the offensive opening ceremony video off their website. Anticipate the offensive video being heavily censored into a family friendly sanitised version.
The Russians had a field day with the debacle. Many are traditional churchgoers and their president claims to be a defender of the orthodox church in his interview with Tucker Carlson earlier this year. That’s awkward. If Russia is the enemy, perhaps it can sit back and watch the West implode without their help.
Russia is absolutely making fun of the woke Olympics. pic.twitter.com/F5oIZp93ak
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) July 27, 2024
Why the unnecessary focus on sex in the opening ceremony of a prestigious sporting event? For diversity of course! A celebration of a tiny segment of society that some view as outrageous and inappropriate and yet the participants demand we permit.
