The Olympics

[princessofcairo]

Did anyone else watch the ceremonies today? I suppose it would have been quite/early late in the Bay. The show was quite nice, but the most interesting part (aside from the guy running in mid-air for five minutes to light the torch) was watching the teams enter the stadium with their different faces, clothing, style.... I'm rooting for Seychelles this year.

[Gazoo]

I'm sure it was quite a spectacle.  But I just can't help equating celebrating this particular Olympics with celebrating China's brand of totalitarianism, so I'll sit silently on the sidelines.

[Wayback]

Did anyone else watch the ceremonies today? I suppose it would have been quite/early late in the Bay. The show was quite nice, but the most interesting part (aside from the guy running in mid-air for five minutes to light the torch) was watching the teams enter the stadium with their different faces, clothing, style.... I'm rooting for Seychelles this year.

The Olympics are being shown via tape delay in primetime on NBC, then repeated after 1 a.m.  I caught some of the opening ceremony, quite the spectacular.  The thousands of drummers, dancers and the huge screens are almost hypnotizing.  Yes, interesting to see the variety of uniforms/costumes during the parade of nations.

[ggould]

art is art is art.  Yes, on one level this is all grand mega-propaganda, no doubt.  But, the rhythms, images, sounds, and oh yes, the fireworks...whatever side of my brain appreciates these things was in overload last night.