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 Vinci鈥檚 painting of the Last Supper which ridiculed the convictions of Christians.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆社鈥檚 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 Bijlert鈥檚 painting .聽 As it occurred in a sequence introduced by the 麻豆社 commentator as 鈥渁 fashion show going on up there showing the works of young French designers from French court to haute couture to ready to wear pr锚t-脿-porter in the 1960s鈥 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 麻豆社鈥檚 editorial standards.
Not upheld