Well, I’m not a sports fan, but I am a Canadian, and I do love spectacle, so I decided to watch the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games last night.
I was seriously underwhelmed.
I’ll probably end up sounding like some kind of jaded cynic—and, truth be told, I actually feel like one a lot of the time—but I have to be honest here. There was a lot of stunning visual stuff going on, but not a lot of substance.
The projection of images onto the stage floor was a brilliant idea and beautifully executed, and the dancers and aerial performers were awesome, the orchestra was fabulous, the lighting and effects were great, the giant inflatable light-up polar bear was incredible, and the native costumes were beautiful. But something was missing.
Something to hold my attention, maybe? Something to keep me awake at one-bloody-o’clock in the morning when I’m starting to question why I stayed up this late in order to watch squares of wheat projected onto the floor and hear our national anthem turned into a hip-hop diva moment? Read the rest of this entry »
