it was a fanfare for the common man, deeply socialist, mutualist & still individualist, all in the best possible way. Where the Chinese faked it because they thought their little girl with the best voice wasn't pretty enough, we put sick children at the centre of it, and the idea of a community that takes care of each member (this is a bit idealistic, of course). I thught it was a superb, confident celebration of ordinary people and the peculiar way we do a sort of socialism here. And there were strokes of genius in it, such as the construction workers' guard of honour, the military flag raising, and the olympians handing the flame on to the young unknowns.
I thought it was great that he avoided most of the synchronised bombastic nonsense that this sort of thing usually involves. Of course it's the nature of these things to be selective, so there was nothing about the evils of Empire etc., but that's only to be expected in the circumstances. B > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Joseph McAllister > Sent: 29 July 2012 07:29 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: London Olympics 2012 > > In keeping with the British distain for acts of enthusiasm, Cotty > wrote: > > On Jul 28, 2012, at 12:26 , Steve Cottrell wrote: > > > On 26/7/12, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> In about 24 hours (Chicago time), I will be watching the Opening > >> Ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics held in London, England > > > > It was pretty good! > > > > Cheers, > > Cotty > > What he neglected to say was the Brits enjoyed it, the Queen was in her > best form jumping from a copter with Bond, the corgis stole the show > almost as much as the incredible show of technical theater (theatre) in > the round. Lump in throat seeing the single forged ring raised to join > the other four to form the Olympic symbol, though I would have liked it > if they turned to the colors of said symbol as they "cooled", vis > raining down a shower of rain forest-like fire. Another touch was the > half ring of the beam engine stopping, restarting as a full ring (good > latches, I suppose). And of course - Pink Floyd - barely heard over the > din. Paul is getting old, did a pretty good job of getting the locals > very excited. > > The most beautiful part for me was that the entire thing was > accompanied by a fantastic female percussionist, backed by a thousand > inverted trash cans of various sizes beat upon with a hundred varieties > of stick and mallet. Awesome! > > Neat torch. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
