The first half of the opening ceremony was creative magic,after that it degenerated into a west end musical, and could have done with Frankie Boyle to lift it a little,though that Betty Windsor's "smile" made up for a lot,it must have been James Bond shoving her out of the helicopter that upset her.
On an artistic note I think the only two countries capable of this high level of artistic creativity are England and Italy,(remember Fellini?)and the country least likely to appreciate it is the USA which in international terms is totally insular and unaware of cultural and political differences though there are a small number of US residents who need to decide which nationality they are, there is talk of' "us" when they are no longer one of us and have adopted the money grubbing attitude of their new nation which places individual wealth before community health,though no doubt they would use our excellent free health care which the English Artist Danny Boyle spotlighted in his opening ceremony work of art,should they be unfortunate enough to have need of it while visiting our green and pleasant land and averting their gaze from the smoking chimneys and pitheads.
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