The City of Lights transformed into a city of hot takes last night as the Paris Olympics kicked off with an opening ceremony that was anything but ordinary. While some viewers were mesmerized by the artistic spectacle, others, particularly those across the pond, were reaching for their smelling salts and history books in equal measure.
The drama reached a fever pitch during a segment featuring a shadowy recreation of Marie Antoinette's imprisonment in the Conciergerie, the very prison where the infamous queen spent her final days before facing the guillotine.
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