[lbo-talk] Olympics

Max B. Sawicky sawicky at verizon.net
Sat Aug 9 06:18:38 PDT 2008


Yeah, uh, about 1936. The broadcasters were what you could expect,

Providing a sophomoric geography lesson as the teams paraded by.

Maybe it was the goose-stepping color guard.

If I was free of prejudice I ought to feel similarly if it was held in the U.S.

The idea of some giant, oppressive machine staging an entertainment

on a grand scale on the theme of universal peace and brotherhood

just rubs me the wrong way.

The spectacle was incredible. Hard to see how anyone could equal it

In the future.

On Fri, August 8, 2008 9:23 pm, Max B. Sawicky wrote:


> Maybe it's just me, but watching the opening ceremonies,


> I kept thinking of 1938.

Were the US broadcasters that bad? I can't listen to mainstream US

sportscasters these days without overhearing something malevolent and

cruel, the murderous echo of Empire (MMM - the Mainstream Media of

Mordor). That's why I watched the festivities via Youtube clips shot by a

Colombian channel. I couldn't follow the Spanish, but the nice thing was

they provided a brief description, then kept quiet and let the spectacle

speak for itself.

The spectacle was pretty harmless, though. I saw a giant globe of the

Earth, little kids attending school, lots of very old Chinese historical

motifs cleverly spliced into video tropes, and some astounding live

wire-work. Nothing creepy there, just the semi-periphery showcasing its

sovereign wealth. Incidentally, the opening was choreographed by Yimou

Zhang, the great Chinese film director.

-- DRR

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