I mean, these things aren’t meant to be for the actual sports fans, are they?
I’d wager that literally less than 1% of the football fans in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin were bothered about the kids waving the special flags before the Euros final earlier in the month. And much like that wasn’t really part of the football, this wasn’t really part of the Olympic games.
Just an add-on.
It’s simply an excuse to dance and have lasers and play music and do… stuff.
And you’re never going to please all the people, all the time.
So why not just go wild?
Especially in France.
Accurate.
I actually thought it was quite fun. Really bizarre, but also really original. I loved the river vibe: why not break ties with the traditional stadium-based setup? It was courageous and different, and most of it worked.
The driving rain only added to the drama. And the religious iconography of that Last Supper scene [UPDATE: But actually, see here] was really quite something.
That said, the third hour of the horse running up the Seine was maybe a bit over the top.
Oh, and talking of over the top…
A moment that will stay forever with all of us that watched last night.
Despite many thousands of hours of therapy too, I’d guess.