Mainstream media outlet NBC is facing an obscenity complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after it aired the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, which faced severe backlash over its depiction of drag queens, transgender individuals and other inappropriate content.
The conservative watchdog Judicial Watch filed the complaint with the FCC on Monday, July 29, charging NBC of airing "obscene and indecent" content that was viewed by millions of people, including children.
"The blasphemous Olympics' Opening Ceremony, which included, among other obscene and indecent acts, a man partially exposing himself around children, is patently offensive for any sensible American and requires immediate FCC action against NBC," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. "The Justice Department should also launch an investigation, especially given the use of children in this obscene and indecent NBC broadcast."
The obscene content in question is a depiction of Leonardo Da Vinci's painting of the Last Supper, but with Jesus Christ and His Apostles replaced with drag queens, transgender individuals and a naked man.
Other segments of the ceremony were accused of having Satanic or apocalyptic connotations, including a depiction of the pale horse of death as described in the Book of Revelations and depictions of the beheaded Queen Marie Antoinette.
As stated by the FCC, "federal law prohibits obscene, indecent and profane content from being broadcast on the radio or TV."
The federal agency additionally defines "obscene" content as that which "appeals to an average person’s prurient interest; depicts or describes sexual conduct in a 'patently offensive' way; and, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value."
It added that "indecent content portrays sexual or excretory organs or activities in a way that is patently offensive but does not meet the three-prong test for obscenity. Profane content includes 'grossly offensive' language that is considered a public nuisance."
Several Christian institutions, along with the French Catholic Church, also came forward with concerns about the skit, contending it "included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity."
According to Father Raymond J. de Souza, writing in the Irondale based National Catholic Register, Satan came back to France and his instruments this time were not bloodthirsty jihadists, but the artistic directors of the Paris Olympics opening ceremonies, who conceived of the sacrilegious drag-queen travesty of the Last Supper.
"The deep significance of the sacrilege is that Satan knows what the Last Supper accomplished. There, Jesus instituted the means by which he would remain in the world. Knowing that, Satan rebels… he rebels with mockery before a global audience," De Souza said.
Paris Olympics organizers apologize to Christian groups for opening ceremony
The anger forced a reply from the Paris Olympics organizers, with spokesperson Anne Descamps releasing an apology to Christian believers who felt disrespected. (Related: Paris Olympics officials issue half-hearted apology after worldwide outrage over woke Last Supper parody)
"There was clearly never an intention to show disrespect to any religious group. On the contrary, I think we tried to celebrate community. We believe this ambition was achieved. If people have taken any offense, we're of course really sorry," Descamps said during a news conference on Sunday, July 28.
The ceremony's artistic director, Thomas Jolly, made it clear that the event's message was deliberate.
"We wanted to talk about diversity. Diversity means being together. We wanted to include everyone, as simple as that," Jolly said.
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