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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