The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics is going to be divisive, to say the least. Instead of confining the ceremony to a stadium, organizers chose to put the entire city on display for a sprawling, mixed-media spectacle that married pre-recorded, high-concept short films with live musical performances.
By the end of the opening ceremony the whole thing was getting long in the tooth before Celine Dion served as the crescendo, delivering one of the most stirring and emotional performances in the history of Olympic opening ceremonies from the middle of the Eiffel Tower.
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