The opening ceremonies are on.

[Mik]

NBC here.

[Mik]

Really quite spectacular, and done all along the Seine rather than in an arena.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

Really quite spectacular, and done all along the Seine rather than in an arena.

Did you see any poo?

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146971/parisians-threaten-poop-in-the-seine

[Mik]

No, but old white rappers rapping in French is kinda cool.

[Copper]

The boats were a good idea.

[LuFins Dad]

[LuFins Dad]

[Copper]

Yes, the pervert thing was really weird.

They kept switching to the perverts, but just for a second or 2 and without comment.

I'm not surprised that perverts are popular with that crowd, but they could do without them.

There was one comment about how there was a big tent, or something like that. I think Peyton Manning stayed out of that one.

[Axtremus]

It's just French fashion.

[George K]

@Axtremus said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

It's just French fashion.

You misspelled "Freak."

[Mik]

On the whole, France knocked it out of the park.

[Copper]

Celine Dion was terrific.

Her accompanist is going to have to dehumidify that piano.

There must be a story about putting the piano there.

[Mik]

There were several Steinways getting rained on like that. Plus one that was on fire.

[LuFins Dad]

@Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

There were several Steinways getting rained on like that. Plus one that was on fire.

Boohoo…

[George K]

When these people did it, it was funny.

When these people did it, it was...

[Renauda]

@George-K

Vulgar and artless.

[LuFins Dad]

@Renauda said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

@George-K

Vulgar and artless.

And that is the perfect descriptor for drag shows.

[George K]

@Renauda said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

@George-K

Vulgar and artless.

If they wanted to be fair and balanced, they would have mocked Mohammed and the Quran, right?

[Mik]

The drag queens, meh. But this is what one can expect with Paris high fashion. But the chandeliers and the lighting was great.

[George K]

@Mik said in The opening ceremonies are on.:

The drag queens, meh.

Why don't we have drag kings?