A disgruntled little woof tells me the Americans, more affectionately the Yanks, have criticised the Opening Ceremony as being 'too parochial'. Thank you. Yes! Surely that is the best compliment of all to Danny Boyle and a wonderful, British, Opening Ceremony. We're not Atlanta, or Los Angeles or Beijing, we're London! We did it our way. I for one was utterly mesmerised by the impact of the Opening Ceremony, even down to the detail of the photographs of all the volunteers on the girls' dresses leading the countries in the Athletes Parade. Yes I did miss some bits but what I saw was theatre, Hollywood, passion, come to London, but much more a sense of belonging, of pride. Suddenly here was celebration of a country, my country, the land of my ancestors, which was truly awesome.
I grew up close to the Sheffield steel industry and to see the Industrial Revolution portrayed as Danny Boyle accomplished it with the beauty of the Olympic rings out of the harsh working conditions of the t was just mind-blowing. I don't care if folk overseas didn't get some of the little asides, was it important everyone understood the theme music to the Archers? this was our wonderful, amazing, incredible United Kingdom. The acoustics were fabulous, the volunteers in every part of the show just amazing. Danny Boyle, you did us proud. And yes, thank you too America for the greatest compliment you could have given. It really was Britain at its best.
I grew up close to the Sheffield steel industry and to see the Industrial Revolution portrayed as Danny Boyle accomplished it with the beauty of the Olympic rings out of the harsh working conditions of the t was just mind-blowing. I don't care if folk overseas didn't get some of the little asides, was it important everyone understood the theme music to the Archers? this was our wonderful, amazing, incredible United Kingdom. The acoustics were fabulous, the volunteers in every part of the show just amazing. Danny Boyle, you did us proud. And yes, thank you too America for the greatest compliment you could have given. It really was Britain at its best.