One of the stranger facets of the deeply controversial Paris Olympics opening ceremony is the apparent agreement by its creators that part of its purpose is to refute — of all things — a French theme park and its traditionalist approach to national history.
The fact one of France’s most popular tourist attractions is a theme park celebrating French history appears to be an annoyance that lives rent-free in the head of some, with the park repeatedly cited as a key driving force to make the Paris Olympics opening ceremony last week as anti-“heroic” as possible. When discussing the controversial ceremony, its creative team don’t seem to be able to stop talking about the place.
But what is this tourist attraction, apparently so powerful that it influenced France’s Olympic games opening ceremony?
Puy du Fou is a theme park in the Loire in Western France, founded among…
