The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images July 24, 2021 Very genki, slightly kitsch, occasionally compelling: the Olympic opening ceremony put humanity in centre frame Leah Mercer, Curtin University Minor human errors beautifully show Tokyo’s opening ceremony for what it is: real people in real time.
Diego Azubel/EPA August 6, 2016 Rio’s green Olympic Games get underway with low-budget, high-spirited opening ceremony Stephanie Dennison, University of Leeds Against the odds, Rio scores soft-power points with memorable show at Maracanã stadium.
Pastoral nostalgia: people fretted about opening-ceremony animals but not the huge out-of-sight slaughter that’s feeding athletes and spectators. AAP/Dean Lewins July 30, 2012 Animals — the meat in the Olympic sandwich Siobhan O'Sullivan, The University of Melbourne The role of animals in the Olympics — both during the opening ceremony and throughout the wider competition — is rightly generating controversy. When it was first announced that non-human animals would…