- Director says opening ceremony backlash forced rethink
- Closing show aims at ‘tolerance, sharing and communion’
The executive director of the closing ceremony at the Olympic Games has admitted that he had to revise the script “for the umpteenth time” after a backlash against the opening event on the Seine.
Thierry Reboul reiterated his insistence that there had been no attempt to parody the Last Supper in the first spectacle but that it had referenced a 17th-century Dutch painting of the Greek Olympian gods.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/09/paris-2024-olympics-closing-ceremony-revised-umpteen-times-after-opening-event-furore
Author : Daniel Boffey in Paris
Publish date : 2024-08-09 09:32:43
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