To have allowed my dc watch the Olympic opening ceremony?

[Creepingivy]

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.

I didn’t really get the naked Smurf. They hung the flag upside down. But, overall, it was spectacular, with the fireworks, and slightly strange with their themes. lol Celine Dion was excellent.

What, the "culinary" person? God no, just a world weary cynic lol. Bit confused by the reference after goggling. Are they a world weary cynic too lol?

I told my two they could watch it if they wanted.
Both had lost interest and wondered off by about 30 minutes in. I turned it off from about 7:30-8:30 to do bedtime as normal - as neither expressed any interest in staying up for it!
I turned it back on for about the last hour, but thought it wasn't anything special. But yes, I agree quite a lot of it seemed unnecessarily sexualised, but shrugged it off as "there's the French for you."

What's really shocking here is that so many people express a liking for Celine Dion 🧀

The hypersexualization of the Olympic ceremonies has nothing to do with being “woke.” It is due to the patriarchal system that objectifies women, reducing them to parts. Unfortunately, the constant subjection to this type of content is being used against women to normalize our abuse in this way. And, it is not only detrimental to women, but to boys and men who grow up not being able to see women as whole people. From that place of lacking grows gender discrimination. And, the cycle continues with even more harmful ramifications.

These ceremonies always seem to be over populated by fogie music. Do the French have a singer/group anyone would know? This has to appeal to the USA market of course. We always thought Adele should have done ours!

She’s the one. She went through a phase of always referring to bread and circuses!

Oh fair play lol 😆 Must have been under my rock while that was going on - I only come out randomly.

So inclusive it was exclusive. I went for a walk during the interminable soggy drag queen section which was somehow still going on by the time I came back. Glad I missed the bollock hanging out of some guy’s knickers.

What @Firdbeeder ,you mean this dangling testicle? 😜 And the owner happens to be front & centre in front of Papa Smurf?

Was this the scene the child was in?

I mean, I hope no-one looks up Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting L'origine du monde...

Its just a rip in some tights, I’m fairly sure no one will be traumatised from seeing someones thigh.

Was there a different testicle on the loose that I missed?

I think it was more than a few rioters. There was extreme violence and total disrespect for the law. All because children’s services were acting to save children’s lives.

your post makes me 🤣 it’s not false equivalence at all. You have actually proved my point. Homeless people anywhere is heartbreaking. As are the wars across the world, animal cruelty terrible etc. all of these things are awful and something that should be worried about. People having fun, not harming anyone is not something to worry about.

anyways cba with all this backward thinking so enjoy the rest of your day 😂😂😂

@TheRakesTale bloody MN won't clear the reply box. Apologiesrake

I always wondered how we went backwards from the Romans, but I'm beginning to understand.

erm - not sure the BBC has, or intends to, broadcast 5+ hours of 'homelessness' or 'live rioting from Leeds' at 6:30pm on a Friday night for family delectation though.

The threesome was referencing one of the most influential and iconic films of the 20th century. Hardly something no-one has never heard of.

Have you not watched bbc news at breakfast 😂

I would like to thank the thankers on this message (15) and say if you are concerned about foie gras being served (it is banned in UK) please have a look at the websites of CIWF (Compassion in World Farming) and Animal Equity who have been campaigning to stop it. It isn't too late to remove it from the menus for the rest of the games. They have been asking people to send emails to the organizers and to share the message on SM. Thank you.

I would think at least 95% of those watching have never heard of the film let a lone seen it. Most of French culture from 1900 onwards is largely irrelevant to the rest of the world except Francophiles who think they’re superior for sitting through some god awful French films and dipping their baguette in Camembert and croissants in hot chocolate

Thank you for sharing this. Unfortunately the French don’t give a fuck about animal welfare - try visiting there as a vegan and you soon realise their priorities.

Well, Heaven forbid the French try to showcase the best of their astonishing cultural contributions to humanity if some people haven't heard of François Truffaut, one of the most revered film directors of the past century. In fact let's just hand the whole thing over to the USA and set it in Disneyland. Everyone's heard of the Mouse.

Sodom and Gomorrah.

You know that sex IS French culture? They aren’t half the prudes the Anglo Saxons are.