Think I will give this a miss.
Will watch as much of the actual Olympics as possible though.

They are called Drag Queens

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I am already confused .

The leading boat

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Followed by the Bangladesh boat ..

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I thought Greece went first.

Well they said it was in alphabetical order but starting with France .. then Germany then South Africa ..

I have no idea what the fek is happening


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Now Angola ..


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Can’t help think this whole thing would have looked far more impressive at night


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Jesus

Lady Gaga murdering an awful french song


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Sound quality's not the best.

Neither is the dancing .. the CanCan dancers were completely uncoordinated !


How bizarre given they looked so amazing !


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There is no way that guy jumping along the rooftops would have been allowed in our country !!!

They must have very lax health and safety standards

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Now a bloke ballet dancing in a skirt …


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Now a heavy rock band …

Absolutely no explanation who they are by the BEEB … very poor


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Quite enjoyed the Louvre.
But finding this river stuff rather boring to be honest
Only turned it on to see if it was any good.:shrug:

We didn't get our own boat.

I was bored with the river stuff so went to the pub and it's on here on mute and I'm quite enjoying looking up every now and then to see 4 people from eswatini bobbing along perilously on a tiny boat

Some of the outdoor staging is pretty impressive too

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This is an overtly sexual segment !!

Same sex partners running gleefully holding hands .. cut to .. a threesome on the stairs two blokes trying to kiss a woman .. cut to another threesome where an effeminate guy moves to kiss a bloke ..

I have no idea how this all relates to the Olympics or France tbjh

The beeb commentary is understandably SILENT !

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Now supposedly France’s top pop star’s performance

Clearly miming .. constantly touching her boobs !! Then grabs and holds her crotch for two seconds !!

I dread to think what the lyrics are !!

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France + sex + free love has always been quite the combo!

I wonder if anyone will get sea-sick.

Je pense Zizu est malade parce que il n'aime pas le francais

Just disappointed with most of it .. some parts look wonderful, others dreadful


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It looks better in the dark .. as I suggested earlier though


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Glad Im watching Hot Fuzz and not this woke fest woman mocking drag show

The Olympics has fallen

viewership will be in the amazon faith toilet

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At least we got s beautiful ending

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Legendary Michael Johnson described the staging as ‘different’ ..

Nailed it


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I'm sure Simon Pegg would be ecstatic to be considered a right wing alternative

:joker:

The coverage is being battered online they have made a huge mistake

go woke

go broke

The commentators are useless
They don’t know what’s happening or who are performing or who the athletes on camera are .


They described legendary gymnast Nadia Comăneci as … “ someone stood next to Serena Williams “ !!


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They raise the Olympic flag upside down :joker:

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GO WOKE GO BROKE

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It was a disaster…such a mess. The weather didn’t help but it was so disjointed and nobody knew what was going on..:laugh:

can you imagine these woke Marxist cowards mocking Islam?

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Yeah not even the commentators who should have had a running order/ schedule


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The Rain affected so much.

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amazing opening ceremony, best opening ceremony of all time

:worship: :worship:



also that hug between Zidane and Nadal :love: (Rafa is a long time Real Madrid fan)




great speech by the french olympic committee president too, as well as by our greatest yet IOC boss Thomas Bach, and thankfully Macron didn't talk too much



also a very refreshing take on the parade of nations, in the alphabetical order of french language



GaGa can sing in french :eek: thought that was a fun performance



the intro love the vibes of Mission Impossible, Indiana Jones, Phantom of the Opera


the acrobatic guy on the rooftops, sensational


also the balloon theme throughout the evening was a lovely tribute to Paris 1924 back when that was still a sporting event




and to top it off, Queen Celine Dion :amazed: :flutter: i had goosebumps, Celine wuz ill, well girl didn't lose her simply stunning perfect vocals :worship: queen ate on that eiffel tower



and yes Zizu, Aya Nakamura is one of France's biggest music stars, most streamed artist , even more than Slimane or Barbara Pravi, i thought that collab of her and the soldiers was good fun and a surprise take on Aznavour's Formidable classic tune



also King Willem-Alexander his moves when our delegation arrived :clap1: Go Willem, Go Willem :dance2:

They'd get murdered, ala Charlie Hebdo. We all know that.

I don't get why they felt the need to mock any religion at a sporting event, but I don't really care.