Hats off to Danny Boyle for - among many things - managing to rouse me partially out of my Olympic grump. That opening ceremony - or at least what I saw of it - was quite something. Simultaneously riling both the Daily Mail and a Tory MP into naked bigotry, finding a role for Mr Bean and bringing Fuck Buttons and Blanck Mass to the lugholes of more than a billion people is a seriously impressive achievement. Here's John Robb's tribute to Boyle's creation. Dizzee Rascal's 'Bonkers' has had a memorable airing for me two Friday evenings in a row now, and the first occasion couldn't really have been more different than the second...
Not everyone was impressed, mind. The Queen's expression had "We are not amused" written all over it in big letters - perhaps she was still recovering from that descent by parachute into the stadium? Either way, this being the internet age, her moody demeanour has given birth to a meme.
In other Olympics news:
* South Korean Im Dong-Hyun broke two world records in the archery despite being registered blind. Now THAT'S a sporting feat sufficiently remarkable to match Boyle's cultural, social and historical extravaganza.
* Jeremy Hunt's unfortunate bell-ringing incident gave the Guardian an excuse to unleash its inner sniggering schoolboy.
* The Daily Mash reported "Beach volleyball abandoned after audience hears about the internet".
(Thanks to Cat, Alex, Dave and Neil for the assorted links.)
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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