Greek officials promised on Tuesday that they would follow the people behind the filming of a gay sex scene on the Acropolis of Athens, the country’s largest archeological site, after the images appeared online.Ī spokesman for the ministry of culture told AFP that they had launched an investigation into the video, which shows a sexual encounter between two masked men at the UNESCO-listed site. They described the erotic scene between the two men on the spot as a “political act.”īut a statement from the Ministry of Culture said on Friday: “The Archaeological Site of the Acropolis does not lend itself to activism or any other action that offends or shows disrespect for the monument.” The anonymous producers of the short film “Departhenon” said that the Parthenon symbolizes “nationalism, the cult of antiquity” and “patriarchy.” They wanted to “find the perpetrators of this illegal shooting as soon as possible,” the spokesman said. The Independent reports that a gay sex scene filmed at Greeces Acropolis, the countrys most historical and architecturally significant site, has sparked a.
Amram ’10 opted to limit the offensive one-liners in the all-male Parthenon-era performance to pokes at a capella groups, and the jokes flow unhindered by the cringeworthy jabs that have plagued past HPT performances.
A culture ministry spokesman told AFP that they had launched an investigation into the video, which shows a sexual encounter between two masked men. ACROPOLIS GAY SEX SCENE FULL But even if Pitches ain’t shit, HPT’s jokes aren’t above falling flat themselves at times. The 36-minute film was first shown to a small audience on December 16 at the University of Thessaloniki, in the north of the country, without causing any shouts. Greek officials vowed Tuesday to track the people behind the filming of a gay sex scene on Athens' Acropolis, the country's most important archaeological site, after footage emerged online. It was his appearance online last Friday that provoked the reaction. Janu/ Linda Photo courtesy of BigStock/scaliger The Independent reports that a gay sex scene filmed at Greece’s Acropolis, the country’s most historical and architecturally significant site, has sparked a furor after the short film was widely circulated online. “Nothing can be done in the name of activism.” “As a Greek, I’m ashamed,” the president of the Association of Greek Actors, Spyros Bibilas, told ANT1. The union representing those guarding the country’s museums and archeological sites expressed “outrage and shame” at what it called a “vile film”. When asked about the level of surveillance of these places, he said that they were suffering from staffing problems because the Ministry of Finance “almost never approves the hiring of guards”.
The University of Thessaloniki, which did not inform the Ministry of Culture of the content of the film, runs the risk of being caught in the investigation.