Funny seeing you here

So what did you think of the Opening Ceremony? Like most Opening Ceremonies, parts of it were majestic and inspirational. But other parts were mystifying and incomprehensible.

Like you, I watched the Ceremony on TV. We are stuck with Italian TV, so much of the context was probably lost in translation. Whenever someone spoke in English, the TV announcers translated the words into Italian.

I’m not sure what NBC’s broadcast was like, but I’d imagine that they focused on the women who carried in the Olympic flag. Especially one woman.

Susan Sarandon.

Susan Sarandon?

Hey, she’s a fine actress, but she sure seemed out of place here. When I think of American women and the Olympics, athletes like Florence Joyner-Kersee, Jenny Thompson, Bonnie Blair or Picabo Street come to mind.

Not some Hollywood diva with strident left-wing views.

I kept waiting for Sarandon’s beau, Tim Robbins, to leap out of the stands and join her in leading “Anti-Bush”? chants.

Instead we saw Yoko Ono and Peter Gabriel promoting peace.

Susan Sarandon? Yoko Ono? Peter Gabriel? At an Olympics in Italy?

The world is a small place, alright.