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and then of course there was an orgy of pyro from the country that invented it. What an awesome ceremony! I feel terrible for the London and Vancuver organizers whi have to even try to top what they did.
Of course every Olympic opening ceremony is unique in its own way. It is really not fiar to loathe any of the ceremonies that have come before it. Of course you're hearing this from a guy from the city who brought in cloggers cheerleaders, and pick up trucks for our ceremony (Atlanta 1996). You can laugh all you want to but that is our personality. I think (other than lighting the torch, and doing the normal speeches) The Opening Ceremony is meant as a welcome to the world from the host city (if the country has not hosted than from that entire country). Who cares how hoakey and cheesy it might seem if it has to be so. If our ceremony was like the one Beijing put on the world may have left in awe but we would have come off insulted because we put on aires and did not have a chance to show our true selves. But we got our chance to say "Welcome Y'all!" in our warm and cheesy way. Yes the world laughed and they were not alone. We laughed along with them but knowing we were showing off our true nature and personality.
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