Unreal Olympic Moments

Photo Credit: Ligadier Truffaut

How much time have you spent in front of the TV this past week watching the Olympics?

For me it has been a mesmerizing experience:

• Fabulous opening night pyrotechnic effects (...except for the fake giant footprints China digitally created on screen!)


• Inspiring singing voices (...except for the little girl whose voice was dubbed!)

I wonder how many other phony parts were incorporated into the opening ceremonies that have not been exposed yet?

Of course show business always involves a certain amount of deceit. And show business doesn't get any bigger than the Olympics. For example, many movies rely heavily on computer-generated effects. Maybe so, but we enter the theater with the full understanding that we are watching artificially manipulated imagery, right?

We expect every moment of the Olympics to be real...except for the color of Bob Costas' hair.

When USA hosts a spectacle we don't feature bogus illusions, we give the people what they came for: costume malfunctions!

Beijing organizers were totally unapologetic. They claim that the end results (wild applause) justified the use of trickery. Every parent of a 9 year-old can refute that argument..."So, you're saying that the ends justifies the means?"

They just don't get it.

Maybe they apply the same misplaced logic to their economy, to their environment, to their military: Looks great, but much of it is faked!

Photo Credit: Ligadier Truffaut

Hmmm...do you think they really used 2008 synchronized drummers in the beginning? Replay it slowly. Many of the drummers look alike. I'm becoming suspicious of a cut-and-paste of Olympic proportions!

Please tell me if you think I'm wrong. That's something very real that we can do everyday here in America!

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