Paris Gears Up For 2024 Paralympics Opening Ceremony One Month After Controversial Olympics Opening
deadline.comFinal preparations are underway for the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics on Wednesday. It will take place one month after a tumultuous Olympics opening ceremony which divided spectators at home and internationally for its provocative take on French history and culture.
Like its predecessor, which unfolded on the River Seine on July 26, the Paralympics opening will break with tradition by taking place outside of a sports stadium and will also be overseen by Olympics opening and closing ceremonies artistic director Thomas Jolly.
Celebrated theatre director Jolly received death threats in the wake of the Olympics opening, following suggestions that a scene featuring drag queens was a parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper, which he denied.
At home, the ceremony was mainly applauded and it kicked off one of the most successful summer Olympics in more than a decade.
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