I guess there is a huge advantage having unlimited human resource at your disposal. Cheap at dat too but wat a show! I was caught up in the whole Olympic 2008 opening ceremony. It was so so cool, extravagant, lavish, super creative and just totally unexpected. It wasn't enuf just to have unlimited funds and govt backing but you actually had to come up with ideas on how you wanna spend the money and wat spectacle to create. Zhang Jimou and his team really outdid themselves.
There are so many ensemble to comment on. The globe with the faces of thousands of children around the world was just awe inspiring. Not only was the whole ensemble creatively unique but the effort it took was fantastic. They took a whole year to combine the pics of the children. I am going to google for a site dat explains how each ensemble took place. I was also very impressed whr they had these ppl running ard with lights on their clothes and just magically they got together to form the Olympic rings. They they kinda lifted the rings up. How de heck did they do dat???
The evolution of Chinese writing was also very creative and superbly difficult to execute but like everything dat nite, it was executed to perfection. The drums which lighted up when you hit it and they used it to countdown the opening was also mind blowing. So were the 1800 drummers using florescent drumsticks. When they marched in, the Chinese contingent had a 5 year old Sichuan quake survivor walking along side Yao Ming, who was their flag bearer. I tot dat was a very noble gesture.
I enjoyed the lighting of the torch more as I know who Li Ning is. For those of you who dont follow world events, i suggest you climb out of your cave and google it. The way he mimicked running around the stadium wall for a full length was only possible for a gymnast to do. He is still fit obviously. I would have first died from fright. Then after 10m, my legs would have just given up. i would be holding the torch panting and mebe even fall asleep and set myself on fire.
It was also important dat China has so much history and tradition that they werent going to run out of concepts and stories to depict. I wonder wat Malaysia would have done? Let's see, we had some Indonesian prince come over, sat under a tree and saw a white dear kick his hunting dogs into the river. Hence he named the swamp around him after the tree. Dat would be one ensemble. We then depict us using a short wavy dagger to try to fend off invaders using guns and cannons and armour. Oh wait, we can depict Hang Tuah and his 4 gangsters. Oh crap, we can't. There is evidence that he is Chinese, that's why u dont read about him anymore or him appearing in our school books.
We can then fast forward to the 20th century where corruption and sodomy dominate our culture. We can depict royalty and politicians claiming they are sons of the earth (when they are decendants of Indonesian, Sulu and Javanese pirates), not pay taxes, create racial dissent and then blame other races for it. That's easy....the sodomy part is the tough one. Hmm..who can we get to bend over??? Food for thought. Now that I have successfully planted that image in your head, why don't we just go back to the positive. Sure China is a communist country and they have a horrid human rights record. Can be worst that wat the British did to their colonies or what the Americans did to the Native Indians or wat the sons of the earth are doing to the non-Malays. The Chinese may be all dat but they sure know how to show the world a good time.
One World, One Dream....for us the dream remains just that.
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