A headless, singing Marie Antoinette was part of an unhinged Paris Olympics opening ceremony

Yep, this was a thing at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris.

Full disclosure: I’m not up enough on my French history, so you’ll pardon me here.

But, uh, Marie Antoinette was queen of France in the late 1700s and was beheaded. That much I know. And while I know the French Revolution overthrew the French monarchy, I would not expect there to be a tribute at the wild 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony with … a body holding a head in its hands and singing.

But there was! And people had a lot of reactions to the move to do that in something that would represent France.

Here’s a sampling of some of that reaction:

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