1. They are including 15,000 school kids and you're saying they're not including British culture?

2. I love Morris dancing dearly, but compared to Shakespeare - among everyone who isn't a traddy of some kind -- Morris is a fart in breeze. I believe they want to represent ALL the people of England, and play to the heritage that England has given to the rest of the world, and it doesn't get much better than Shakespeare for that.

3. Have you ever seen Riverdance?