Christians would be just as offended if someone painted a rendition of The Last Supper with Jesus in hot pants and his disciples wearing clown noses (and no doubt some artist trying to be "edgy" has done something similar). They'd be more offended if said rendition became a major part of an event aired across the world and meant to unify, not make personal statements about art.
I don't remember much of an outcry when The Simpsons depicted the TLS. Or That 70s Show. Or in History of the World Part I. Or many, many other times it has been depicted. And that's only in the US. It'd make even fewer waves in France.
If this was supposed to be a Bachialia, and the central figure Dionysus rather than Jesus, then why the halo? Why the hands of "Dionysus" forming a heart and not holding a wineglass? Why no naked women, scattered pieces of fruit or sacrificed goats? If they were going for "party", why not show, oh, literally any other famous scene depicting a party? Why not A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jette by Georges Seurat (a French artist, a French setting) or Édouard Manet's Le déjeuner sur l'herb, another French artist, another French setting?
I didn't think it was a halo. I saw it as a crown, especially since she was dressed in blue.
And "Dionysus" didn't form the heart. That was the DJ with the halo or crown, depending on your POV.
Dionysus came a little later or earlier, painted in blue, holding a microphone and sitting on the table.
And equally, if it's supposed to be The Last Supper, why are there no plates at the table?
I truly feel this was meant to be a mockery of Christianity and those claiming it was just Dionysus at a Bachialia are backpedaling after the negative reactions to the skit or fashion show snippet or whatever it was.
I don't share this POV. Even if it was The Last Supper, and even if they caused offense, I do not think they intended to mock Christians whatsoever. Not when using TLS as an inspiration for adaptation, satire and parody has been done so often before without this reaction. This is not what they would want people to be talking about the next day.
And I admit that I'm biased against those who I see publicly fanning these flames.
