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Jul. 27th, 2012 01:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allisnowMe watching the London 2012 Opening Ceremonies
When does Harry Potter show up?
ETA: Well close enough.
ETA2: We will now commence with the portion of the Opening Ceremony that will give your children nightmares.
ETA3: So, so far what I'm getting is that Britain is quite proud of its Industrial Revolution, its literature, and its children in hospitals?
Oh and James Bond.
And Mr. Bean.
And I don't even know what's happening now. Sitcom clips and people dancing.
And they also seem very proud of this one rapper. Is he saying "some people pay for thrills" or "some people pay for frills"?
When does Harry Potter show up?
ETA: Well close enough.
ETA2: We will now commence with the portion of the Opening Ceremony that will give your children nightmares.
ETA3: So, so far what I'm getting is that Britain is quite proud of its Industrial Revolution, its literature, and its children in hospitals?
Oh and James Bond.
And Mr. Bean.
And I don't even know what's happening now. Sitcom clips and people dancing.
And they also seem very proud of this one rapper. Is he saying "some people pay for thrills" or "some people pay for frills"?
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Date: 2012-07-27 08:52 pm (UTC)I have no tv here, so I'm one of the few Brits not watching, heh, but the people in twitter, especially Maureen Johnson, are making me amused even without the visual. Think I'm going to have to try and catch it on iplayer later :)
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Date: 2012-07-27 08:53 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-27 09:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-27 10:37 pm (UTC)It's interesting hearing what people in other countries think of all this, because I'm sat here going, 'yep, yep, that's pretty much us', heh.
We are proud of our children's lit, yep! And the NHS ad the kids are meant to be from Great Ormonds, which the author of Peter Pan left all his royalties. There's quite a link between hosptials and lit here, clever of them to use that really. I love that we had Children's Lit in this. Honestly, this was the reason I've tuned in ;)
The storm clip is "don't worry, there isn't a HUrricane on the way" - a hilarious and messy mistake by the Met. There was a hurricane. One of the worst ever for us. Us Brits and the weather, I love that that was in there myself :D
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Date: 2012-07-27 10:40 pm (UTC)We're up to Sweden!
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Date: 2012-07-27 10:54 pm (UTC)I'm up to Abide With Me :)
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Date: 2012-07-27 11:05 pm (UTC)Indeed.
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Date: 2012-07-27 11:12 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-27 11:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-28 12:38 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-28 12:34 am (UTC)but I can see that to the rest of the world it may have been a little incomprehensible
I thought the show was brill till the cauldron was lit, but they should have finished it there, and left Sir Paul to sleep-- it's a bit late for an old geezer like him
but Sir Steve Redgrave, Becks looking yummy and generally the whole thing-- that was London saying to the world:
"This is us-- like it, or lump it. We're proud to be Brits!!"
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Date: 2012-07-28 12:38 am (UTC)Maybe a Brit can explain the part with the big yellow glowy thing and all the people doing the crazy seizure dance and the little kid getting held up while the gal in the blue dress sang?
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Date: 2012-07-28 01:15 am (UTC)with a touch of Slumdog thrown in.
Akram Khan rocks, man!!
And of course, the song was Abide with Me-- total britishness personified
so I think, and it's only my interpretation mind you, that it was a statement about British Multiculturalism!!
(and I loved it!!)
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Date: 2012-07-28 01:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-28 01:35 am (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abide_with_Me
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Date: 2012-07-28 01:39 am (UTC)