Olympic's Closing Ceremony
Cheesy or a great ending to a thrilling Olympics? When did you stop caring about the closing ceremony? When you heard it was going to air? After Apollo showed his face? After you saw Shizuka Arakawa being held up in the air during the procession of countries? When the Cirque De Soliel-esque performance began? When Avril Lavigne started singing?
Are you sad it's over? Happy because you won't be glued to the TV anymore? Or that you can finally start watching the normal NBC shows again?
posted by Shawn at 11:58 AM
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Torino was a great setting for an even greater Winter games. The Olympic committee have a knack for picking cities that capture the spirit of the games, be it with the omniprescent peaks of the Alps or the brilliant luster of lights of downtown Torino that mimiced the interiors of the wonderful arenas built for the Games.
The closing ceremonies were weak, though, from what I saw last night. The Opening ceremonies (before the dull March of Nations) were wild and explosive. The Closing, by contrast, seemed constrained, unsure. Maybe I needed to watch more of it or pay closer attention, but it didn't hold my interest like the rest of the games did.
I must have watched over a hundred hours of Olympic coverage over the fortnight. The atheles were truly inspired and there were a number of wonderful stories, a lot of thrilling moments, and a universal feeling of acclaim that comes with an entire world watching indiviuals excelling at their chosen field.
If I had to complain, I would complain a lot about NBC's terrible, one-sided, selfish, coverage of the Games. (*ducks from passing corporate lightning*) It baffles my mind that they would show only one show during the Primetime slot, on the main NBC network, while CNBC and MSNBC showed regular programming. Hello! Winter Olympics. Once every four years! Kind of a big deal. But no, they want to squeeze as much ratings for their main network as they can and have no regard for some of us who don't care to watch three and a half hours of continious Figure Skating coverage.
Here's a half-hearted prayer that NBC goes bankrupt and has to sell their Olympic deal to any other network for the next three decades.
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