Slow Food

I admire the French and I'm deeply embarrassed for them. They have a rich culture and they're highly talented and innovative. But this mish-mash melange laced with wokism was ill thought out by some self described events organisers who had no idea how to ham up the French clichés so beloved the world over. A typical Parisien window dresser would have done a better job at creating a spectacle. Why on earth would you have a bunch of transvestites parodying Jesus and his disciples?!? Why not dress up stilt walkers like giant croissants and bottles of champagne? Or how about a few chefs chasing giant mice? But no, they chose transvestites instead. Why did they parade the teams up the river in a drawn out fashion? Why not parade them around the Eiffel Tower or up the Champs Elysée? A big highlight of Olympics opening ceremonies is seeing the teams in all their different uniforms, all together, proudly parading their flags. This looked like another bunch of soggy tourists on the Bateaux Mouche. So sad, so anticlimactic. This is what happens when someone in power lets their young wealthy relatives takes the reins on event organisation when they can't even tie their own shoelaces.