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New Delhi, Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut has criticised the organisers of Paris Olympics for together with an act within the opening ceremony that featured drag queens performing an obvious parody of “The Final Supper” portray by Leonardo da Vinci.
The multi-sports spectacle, during which India is being represented by 117 athletes, kick-started within the French capital on Friday night with a lavish opening ceremony that was practically 4 hours lengthy.
The organisers confronted vital criticism on social media for the drag act that includes 18 performers, together with three well-known Drag Race France queens, who struck poses behind an extended desk with the Seine River and Eiffel Tower because the backdrop.
A large serving tray was positioned on the desk with a scantily dressed man, painted in glowing blue, curled up inside.
In a submit on her Instagram Tales, Ranaut criticised the act as a “hyper-s*xualised, blasphemous rendition of The Final Supper”, which is likely one of the most well-known artwork works on the planet depicting Jesus’s final meal together with his apostles in Jerusalem earlier than his crucifixion.
Ranaut, who was not too long ago elected to the Lok Sabha on a BJP ticket from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, additionally slammed the organisers for together with an obvious youngster within the efficiency.
“The Paris Olympics is below hearth for together with a *youngster* of their hyper-s*xualized, blasphemous rendition of The Final Supper. An obvious youngster may very well be seen becoming a member of the drag queens throughout the efficiency.
“In addition they confirmed a unadorned man painted blue as Jesus and mocked Christianity. Leftists completely hijacked Olympics 2024. Disgrace,” she wrote.
On the Olympics opening, every thing was about “being gay”, Ranaut additional stated.
“I’m not in opposition to homosexuality however that is past me how Olympics is expounded to any sexuality?? Why video games, sports activities participation of all nations to assert human excellence being taken over by intercourse?? Why cant intercourse keep in our bedrooms?? Why it must be a nationwide id?.. That is bizzare !!” she added.
In a submit on the official X web page of the Paris Olympics, the organisers defined the act intimately.
“Olympics: The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us conscious of the absurdity of violence between human beings,” the submit learn.
Earlier, billionaire Elon Musk had criticised the efficiency in a submit on X, calling it “extraordinarily disrespectful to Christians”.
The Paris Olympics will run until August 11.
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