Comments on Kaffee und: [Kuchen]: Ceremonies and sun

it's a boomer world, we just live in it. go V...

2010-02-18T05:08:35.405-08:00

it's a boomer world, we just live in it.

go Vancouver transit! (my peeps)

Hm... an interesting perspective. Certainly I'...

2010-02-17T22:20:07.351-08:00

Hm... an interesting perspective. Certainly I'm not the only (or even primary) target audience of the ceremonies. Though really, isn't the global audience the primary audience? Did they understand that? Maybe I'm wrong and it's more about the locals but I can't quite see how that makes sense with the whole world watching.

I just had to look up who Nancy Greene is, so I guess I can relate. Certainly nobody in the room I was in knew who she (or probably any of the other torch bearers) was... maybe that actually is evidence of who the intended audience is. :)

And yes, I definitely got on the "first" bus. I say "first" because I think I could have picked any one of a number of buses sitting there.

I think what you may have missed in the segment wi...

2010-02-17T21:04:08.498-08:00

I think what you may have missed in the segment with the boy flying over the wheat field is that for Canadians of a certain age it was clearly the Joni Mitchell segment. The only reason why I caught this was I was watching the ceremony with a room of Canadians in their 40s and 50s. For them Joni Mitchell singing Both Sides Now while the world watched (even if she wasn't there to sing it) instantly called upon their Canadian identity at an ephemeral level. The room was silent and people were welling up. The dancer's only real job was not to ruin the moment.

Similarly, had I not been in that room, I wouldn't have understood how important Nancy Greene is to Canadians older than myself. For them it seemed clear that she should be the final torch bearer, even if I wasn't completely certain who she was.

I'm curious, were you able to get on the first bus that came by at 1am?