Social media users have criticised the Paris Olympics opening ceremony for its apparent parody of the Last Supper. Technical issues and rain-soaked performers left only Canadian singer Celine Dion to save the show, reported Daily Mail.
The four-hour show was labelled the ‘worst ever’ by viewers, who reported poor audio due to near-torrential rain and joked online that organisers needed to ‘stop the boats’. Hundreds of thousands of spectators watched as 6,800 athletes, clad in plastic ponchos, tried to keep the mood upbeat while travelling down the river Seine in a massive flotilla of 85 boats.
The ceremony was marred by mistakes with country names, issues with raising the Olympic flag, and odd moments like a headless Marie Antoinette, the infamous Queen of France who was executed in 1793, singing. Headless Marie Antoinette, in dozens, appeared in a nod to French history. The performer sang with her seemingly severed head in her lap, while images of this scene were displayed in the windows of a historic building, accompanied by a rock band playing outside.
