Olympic Opening Ceremony

[Alex]

And wasn't matching a perfect voice with a perfect face not already pretty common here until it became possible to take the perfect face and convert whatever noise comes out of their mouth into perfect voice?

After all, there is a reason Marni Nixon sang while Audrey Hepburn pranced around. Sure it is more brutal that it was done to a 7-year-old but that's showbiz.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Tenigma

I do like the optical illusion.

Can you show your husband - he wasn't seeing it.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

My guess would be that it never occurred to them anyone would see a problem with it. From their point of view they were just making the ceremony as perfect as they could. It's not like they tried very hard to hide it.

Susan brought up a good point on this last night.

One needs to consider the culture that it comes from. The Chinese tend to think more in terms of what is good the group - the collective conscious if you will. The individual is not as highly regarded as it here is in the West. This is not a fault of the Chinese: just a different mindset (which has IMO advantages and disadvantages).

Since they believe in doing what is best for the country (not the individual), it may have been at least partially "no big deal" to them.

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Can you show your husband - he wasn't seeing it.

Ya know, I vaguely recall him looking at the picture and jittering it. I think it's just his eyes.

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

The Chinese tend to think more in terms of what is good the group - the collective conscious if you will.

Oh FOR PETE'S SAKES I used the wrong images!!!

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