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Tech company pulls Olympics advertising after opening ceremony display many deem to be anti-Christian
2024-07-28
[FoxBusiness] Mississippi-based C Spire pulled its advertising after being 'shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper' during the 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony

The 2024 Olympic Ceremony opened up the games in Paris, France on Friday night, providing spectators with a taste of French culture and blasphemous art, leading to Christians around the world being offended and at least one sponsor dropping out.

Mississippi-based telecommunications and technology company C Spire posted on X that it had pulled all of its advertising from the Olympics over the ceremony’s mockery of painting created to show a biblical moment crucial to the Christian faith.

"We were shocked by the mockery of the Last Supper during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics," the company posted. "C Spire will be pulling our advertising from the Olympics."

The four-hour spectacle was held along the Seine River, featuring global stars like Celine Dion and Lady Gaga, both of whom are considered icons for the queer community.

Drag Queen Nicky Doll, who competed in the 12th season of "RuPaul’s Drag Race" and has hosted "Drag Race France," participated in a fashion runway segment with "Drag Race France" Season 1 winner Paloma, Season 3’s Piche, and Giselle Palmer.

The queens initially stood alongside the runway while gazing at the strutting models, then later joined in and showcased their own style.

Among their performances was a scene that appeared to evoke Leonardo da Vinci’s "The Last Supper," featuring the drag queens and other performers in a configuration reminiscent of Jesus Christ and his apostles, which drew significant attention and mixed reactions, not just from C Spire, but people around the world. Da Vinci's widely admired masterwork is in Milan, Italy.

Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the opening ceremony, afterward drew attention away from "The Last Supper" references, saying that hadn’t been his intention.

"Our idea was inclusion," Jolly said during an International Olympic Committee media briefing. "Naturally, when we want to include everyone and not exclude anyone, questions are raised.

"Our subject was not to be subversive. We never wanted to be subversive. We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together," he added. "We wanted to include everyone, as simple as that. In France, we have freedom of creation, artistic freedom. We are lucky in France to live in a free country."

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet also weighed in.

"We imagined a ceremony to show our values and our principles, so we gave a very committed message," he said. "The idea was to really trigger a reflection. We wanted to have a message as strong as possible.

"Having said that – it is a French ceremony for the French games – so we trusted our artistic director," Estanguet said. "We have freedom of expression in France, and we wanted to protect it."
Posted by:Skidmark

#20  ....dudes in Greek Military imitation dresses doing street bike tricks.

Ugggh.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-07-28 20:49  

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#18  The production added 'fire' was precious.

By the time it was done, we wanted some production added Bud Light Flag for Bron Bron 'Crossing the Deleware Seine'

Snoop Lion Dogg holding the Olympic Joint. Uggghh. If you remember, he made a music video depicting President Trump getting shot in the head.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-07-28 20:22  

#17  They cancelled NASCAR for this crap??? Glad I didn’t live to see it.
Posted by: Smokey Yunick   2024-07-28 16:01  

#16  
Question:
Given the "Fair Use" policy of running clips of reported Public events. Why has the Liberal Media been allowed to CYA itself claiming otherwise?
?
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-07-28 09:35  

#15  Snark of the Day candidate
Posted by: Warthog   2024-07-28 08:19  

#14  I thought the DNC convention was next month?

Snark of the Day, possibly the decade.
Posted by: NN2N1   2024-07-28 07:19  

#13  ^ Correct indeed. Little to do with sprts, much to do with politics.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-28 06:44  

#12  
It quit being the Olympics, base on Sports, and became a Social Political gathering ages ago.

Posted by: NN2N1   2024-07-28 04:55  

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