Olympics 2008

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Indeed I love the contrast of Beijing and the thousand performers in uniform precision, versus the messy diversity of London - one can only think of the fright the Chinese felt to that display of wanton decadence and Rock n Roll.

That bit made me want to see the Beijing part of the Athens closing ceremonies, so we found it on YouTube. While not quite as...garish (and I mean that with love) as the London stuff we just saw, it gave absolutely no hint of the opening ceremony to come.