There's reason for Olympic cynicism. The opening ceremony was a much-needed cure
HBO’s ‘100 Foot Wave’ follows surfer Garrett McNamara to a town in Portugal where the waves are bigger than anywhere. And it’s something special.The times being what they are, the mood of the “creative” segments was more contemplative than flashy, more serious than celebratory. A runner ran on a treadmill, with two or three dozen other figures, artfully placed throughout the cavernous space, pantomiming various athletic things, sometimes in “real time” slow-motion.
Naomi Osaka prepares to scale stairs to light the Olympic flame at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. The relative spareness of the staging seemed appropriate, not only for practical social distancing but in the way it paradoxically made humans seem somehow bigger by putting space around them; the Olympics are all about the amazing feats those flyspecks are capable of.
Tongan flag bearer Pita Taufatofua once again paraded shirtless, body oiled like the piece of fine machinery it is. The team from Bermuda wore Bermuda shorts. Ghanaian triple jumper Nadia Eke’s mask glittered glamorously.Olympic rings are assembled during an elaborate production number at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony at Olympic Stadium.
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