Morning Glory: What the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics can teach the Trump campaign

The 'Outnumbered' panel discussed why the Olympics are facing fierce backlash as critics accuse the organizers of mocking Christianity with a depiction of drag queens at the Last Supper.

The opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics shocked and appalled millions of viewers. Parents and grandparents rushed to change the channel as the weird sequence careened from headless Marie Antoinettes to the bizarre tableau that struck millions as a purposeful mockery of The Last Supper.

Not even the ubiquitous presence of Snoop Dogg on NBC’s broadcast could keep viewers hooked. What has traditionally been a high point of the Games—the opening march of teams of athletes from around the world to the cheers and applause of tens of thousands gathered in a new or refurbished stadium—became a damp and bedraggled display of a boat parade surrounded by excess and extremes.

We can only hope that Friday night was a low point from which these games can build and that the organizers of the Los Angeles Games four years hence hang on to the mantra: It’s supposed to be about the athletes and sports, not political agendas or idiosyncratic commitments to "art" of one sort or another. 

Organizers issued the classic non-apology apologies. ("My wish isn't to be subversive, nor to mock or to shock," David Jolly, the event’s director said. "Most of all, I wanted to send a message of love, a message of inclusion and not at all to divide." Sure.) 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION

But the moment was missed and it comes around but once every four years. "KISS" —keep it simple stupid!—has long been advice to live by for organizers of anything from toddler birthday parties to weddings to extravaganzas of any sort. Whenever someone’s "vision" overwhelms