THERE JUST MIGHT BE A PANDA INVOLVED: One of my favorite aspects of the Olympics occurs tonight, towards the end: the presentation from the next host city, in this case Beijing 2008.
For those people who are into the whole construction-of-national-narrative sort of thing, it's eight minutes of coolness. In the case of Beijing, of course, there's an additional level of editing that's going to be involved, akin to that Family Guy episode where Stewie and Brian were in Germany and asked the tour guide why there was nothing in the guidebook covering 1939-45, with the guide responding, "Everyone vas on vacation!"
Also, if you think you can do better than Athena and Phevos, the 2008 mascot design competition is now open.
(Rules include: "The participant shall present a story about the proposed mascot (the plot of the story may be invented) to explain and introduce experiences, characteristics (such as bravery, persistence, optimism, humor) and other character traits of the proposed mascot," and, rule 6.4, the mascot "Must be refreshingly new.")
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