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[Text/Observer Network Qi Qian] The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics has ended, but the discussion surrounding the opening ceremony is far from over.

Now, there is a heated discussion on social media about the success of the opening ceremony, with mixed reviews from netizens. According to the US Daily Beast website, there were many drag performances and LGBT elements at the Paris opening ceremony, including a scene in which a drag queen imitated Leonardo da Vinci's famous work "The Last Supper", which angered some conservative figures in the US and the West, including Musk.

On the 27th, in response to a tweet comparing a drag performance to The Last Supper, Musk said: "Christianity has become toothless."

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"This is extremely disrespectful to Christians," Musk reiterated the same day when commenting on the relevant performance clips.

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However, Musk spoke highly of the light show at the opening ceremony of this Olympics, calling it "cool" and "amazing."

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker is an outspoken conservative Christian activist.

After watching the drag show at the opening ceremony, he quoted a passage from Galatians and wrote: "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man will reap what he sows. He who sows to please his own nature will from that nature reap corruption; he who sows to please the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life."

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This scene also angered French far-right politician Marion Marechal, niece of Marine Le Pen.

Marechal posted on X platform: "To all Christians around the world who are watching the opening ceremony, if you are insulted by this drag queen imitating The Last Supper, you should blame not France but the left-wing minority who are ready for any provocation."

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The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games began at 19:30 local time on July 26.

After 1900 and 1924, Paris hosted the Summer Olympics again after a lapse of 100 years, and it was also the third time in the history of France to host the Summer Olympics. The romantic French held the opening ceremony of the Olympics on the Seine River. This was the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games that the opening ceremony was held in an open urban space.

Regarding the opening ceremony, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo commented that the performance was "joyful, creative, but not very appropriate."

“Paris Olympics opening ceremony: a high-kitsch riverside spectacle,” commented the British newspaper The Guardian.

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