Complaint
A viewer endorsed the criticisms of those (including the Vatican) who understood a grouping of performers shown during the ceremony to be a parody of Leonardo da Vinciβs painting of the Last Supper which ridiculed the convictions of Christians.Β The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs editorial standards of harm and offence, with particular reference to the treatment of religion.
Outcome
The ECU noted the event organisers had explained that the grouping had in fact been based on Jan van Bijlertβs painting .Β As it occurred in a sequence introduced by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ commentator as βa fashion show going on up there showing the works of young French designers from French court to haute couture to ready to wear prΓͺt-Γ -porter in the 1960sβ the ECU considered it unlikely that viewers in general would have understood it as a parody of the Last Supper and found no breach of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs editorial standards.
Not upheld