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Thread #146117 Message #3383170
Posted By: theleveller
29-Jul-12 - 10:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Olympics opening ceremony
Subject: RE: BS: Olympics opening ceremony
"I thought most of it was great because Sir (next Jan.) Danny Boyle TOOK CHANCES"
It just goes to show how different peoples' perceptions can be. I thought it was embarrassing because he DIDN'T take chances but, instead, relied on banal, stereotyped images of what our country isn't any more. Like the steel industry - amazing in its time but destroyed by Bloody Thatcher; like the NHS - destroyed by Bloody Thatcher and every government since. Where was the celebration of our wonderful, diverse countryside - all we saw wasit being ripped up to create the Industrial Revolution; as an island nation where was the celebration of our coastline and all that happens there? I could go on. The impression I was left with was one of dark, satanic mills rather than a green and pleasant land (apart from Tellytubby Hill).