Mustang Rambles

In my second blog on the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. I would like to ask a question about the eight minutes London presented. I understand the use of the double-decker bus to represent London, and I understand the umbrellas used by some of the dancers. I don’t understand the message or the vision that the eight minutes was presenting. There was a rock singer famous worldwide, apparently, and the guitarist from the Led Zeppelin. Also, you had Beckham kicking a soccer ball out into the crowd. The thing that got me was that the costuming of the dancers in the choreography was so, I would say “punkish” and to me not indicative of London’s glorious past and culture. I was severely disappointed.

I highly recommend that London hire an artist of the caliber of the Chinese director of the opening and closing shows. Now I know that London can’t spend $40 billion on their show and that they probably can’t call on a million volunteers, although they probably have that many people on the dole. Of course the fact that there are that many on the dole would indicate that they are not retrainable in any new endeavor and would not be of much use in an opening ceremony. I do recommend that what ever London does that at least they do it with dignity, true artistic expression, and with the knowledge that more than hip-hop kids will be watching the Olympics.

I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed, because, frankly, I rate their show right along with the ‘96 Atlanta ceremonies. Please, London, no stainless steel cabs. Atlanta’s pickup trucks have already dug that artistic grave.