In an online article in the August edition of Rare Book Monthly, Thibault Ehrengard comments on the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and what it revealed about France's complex relationship with the Revolutionary past.
« Ça ira, ça ira... » France and the Robespierre’s complex. (rarebookhub.com)Here is the controversial performance by the Metal band Gojira - a courageous choice for the Olympics.
Is it offensive? Their frontman, Joe Duplantier, is reported as commenting: “It’s French history. It’s French charm, you know, beheaded people, red wine, and blood all over the place — it’s romantic, it’s normal."
See also, in Journal18:
Liberté, Égalité, Festivité: The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics – by Matthew Gin – Journal18: a journal of eighteenth-century art and culture
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