February 10, 2006
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Whoosh! With the exception of Susan Sarandon being someone’s idea of An American Woman of Distinction, Yoko Ono’s stirring call to think our way to peace, and the performance of the atheists’ anthem, John Lennon’s “Imagine”, it was a nifty opening ceremony.
And what a treat to hear Luciano Pavarotti sing one of my favorite pieces of opera, “Nessun Dorma”! Except I wish the camera hadn’t treated us to quite such a close-up. Do I really need to be able to look straight down the man’s throat and check his teeth?
Comments (1)
Besides Imagine being all you said, it really has no redeeming qualities unless John Lennon sings it. (the redeeming quality then being that there is always a bit of treasure in listening to the author of a song perform it).
Cameramen have a fetish with teeth and noses, as far as I can tell.