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To have allowed my dc watch the Olympic opening ceremony?

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Creepingivy · 27/07/2024 03:10

I was shocked at the library scene leading to a threesome.

The mocking of Christians in the last supper scene.

The feminization of males & the sheer number of transvestites on parade. And a child thrown in the midst of them.

This is a sporting event, why the need to have it so highly sexulaised? My dc were thankfully howling with laughter at parts "the smurf man" singing (complete with his painted bulge) had us all in stitches.

I feel there was a social conditioning agenda to the opening ceremony & it was completely inappropriate given that it is for family viewing. Sexulaised behaviour should not be displayed to children.

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misogynyisbigotry · 27/07/2024 08:05

blackice · 27/07/2024 03:24

Pop over to the Mumsnet so-called feminism board. They'll love you there

Ha ha, someone (almost) dogwhistled "so-called feminists" on Mumsnet! 😀 This has made my day. Shout out to Owen Jones.

Nanaof1 · 27/07/2024 08:04

LuluBlakey1 · 27/07/2024 06:59

https://x.com/simonreah/status/1816929228211867648?s=61&t=BUF_50HETPLxg1UDbHPwCw

I couldn't stop giggling. It was typical French, bizarre, random stuff. We don't get it at all.

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I lost it at the description of the blue guy as "Papa Smurf on crack". 😂

VerityUnreasonble · 27/07/2024 08:04

I liked the bit where they hung the flag upside-down.

Didimum · 27/07/2024 08:04

It has split opinion for sure, but in France they absolutely loved it and it was very well received there. I think what’s most important is that the hosting country enjoy it the most – it’s a huge deal for them and they should perform it in a style best for them, which they absolutely did.

Well done to them, I’m certain they won’t give a toss what anyone else thinks, as they shouldn’t.

milkysmum · 27/07/2024 08:03

I used the word transvestite in a conversation with my teen daughter the other day ( not meaning to be offensive, just referencing a man wearing women's clothing ). She called me homophonic for using the term. I honestly had no idea the term was no longer in use or could cause offence and definitely did not mean any.

Butterflyfern · 27/07/2024 08:02

HippyShopper · 27/07/2024 07:10

France is a secular country with a history of mocking religions !
Charlie Hebdo anyone ? Funny how “Christians” only ever mention Islam in these arguments and never any other religions!!

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I don't think it is usually Christians that are objecting tbh. It comes more from the right wing, little Britain traditionalist than church attendees. (Although, I will admit there is a crossover: some racists attend church too)

It's the same sort of middle class "respectable" people who the BBC uses to interview expressing they'd be horrified if a black family moves next door or such like. They just use the "poor mocked Christianity" argument to disguise and push an anti-Islam agenda

whynotwhatknot · 27/07/2024 07:59

it diddnt bother me can understand why parents would think it too much but the whole thing was generally a mess

like michael jonson said some people didnt get to see alot sprea out like that it was more like a festival with things happening all over the place

MessinaBloom · 27/07/2024 07:57

With the level of outrage here, perhaps it should be aimed at toddler-level comprehension. The Wiggles, perhaps?

clearsommespace · 27/07/2024 07:57

Pierre Coffin

Ginmonkeyagain · 27/07/2024 07:56

Yep, the animation studio that designed the minions is French.

clearsommespace · 27/07/2024 07:56

Minions were the brainchild of a Frenchman

Willmafrockfit · 27/07/2024 07:56

AnImaginaryCat · 27/07/2024 07:54

I don't think they are. They have just been to France.

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no they were invented in france

Boredlass · 27/07/2024 07:55

I didn’t watch it but going by the comments, I wish I did

AnImaginaryCat · 27/07/2024 07:54

Willmafrockfit · 27/07/2024 07:48

minions are french

I don't think they are. They have just been to France.

Combattingthemoaners · 27/07/2024 07:50

Do you mean drag queens? 😂

StMarieforme · 27/07/2024 07:49

Blueskies3 · 27/07/2024 03:49

I absolutely agree, OP. And there are better platforms to address these agendas anyway. Like Eurovision etc not a sporting ceremony, which is about athletes coming together. I always thought it was for families to watch it. I’m really over the pushing of sexualisation down our children’s throats. They didn’t have to include the child, the threesome…

Didn't realise it was a kids' show. Perhaps the organisers didn't either? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Willmafrockfit · 27/07/2024 07:48

i think i have caught a chill, simply from watching all that rain!

StMarieforme · 27/07/2024 07:48

I'm a tad more concerned about a convicted paedophile being allowed to take part, whilst a horse abuser is not. How must that victim feel? More important things to worry about than a ceremony tbh.

Willmafrockfit · 27/07/2024 07:48

minions are french

Tel12 · 27/07/2024 07:47

I gave up quite early on, it was tedious in the extreme.

AnImaginaryCat · 27/07/2024 07:47

What did I miss!!? A threesome in a library, mocking religions and overtly sexual themes!!

Not to come over all traditonal but to coin a phrase "Sounds very French."
Mind you there's a good bit of keeping to the traditional with the horror and disapproval at anything sexual being very British.

I only saw the opening ceremony from a mechanical horse (looking ghost like) going down the Seine for what seemed like a very long time. The a very tall person (looking fantasy fiction like) on an actual horse who then walked down a very long stage for a long time. The a boat going back down the Seine with the torch for a very long time followed by a long run with the torch, all whilst there was a very long light show. Then a burning hot air balloon, and Celine Dion on top of the Eiffel tower (who for some reason I had thought had died recently.)

Overall the bit I saw was OK all but it a bit drawn out. (They'd have needed to condense Paris to change that.) No threesomes, no last supper in drag with a sexy smurf under a closhe and who know what else now.

Ginmonkeyagain · 27/07/2024 07:46

For anyone confused there is someone on R4 now explaining aspects of the ceremony.

timenowplease · 27/07/2024 07:45

Malahide · 27/07/2024 04:48

Transvestites? You really think that is acceptable language?

Homophobia isn’t a good look OP.

Men dressed in women's clothes is nothing to do with being homosexual.

Purplecatshopaholic · 27/07/2024 07:44

Blimey, I’m sorry I missed now, lol

Dinosweetpea · 27/07/2024 07:44

I agree OP, we laughed a lot of it off as it bordered on ridiculous but my 9 year old specifically asked me about the threesome scene which was completely unnecessary.

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