davidkin hollywood
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Wednesday, February 6, 2002 |
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N.Y. Times story on U.S. patriotism at the Olympics today: "The creative minds behind the ceremony, too, are sensitive about how their production will be perceived by a worldwide audience. The executive producer, Don Mischer, remembers being uplifted and mesmerized by the extravaganza at the start of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles. Years later, he met one I.O.C. official who referred to the Los Angeles Games as "second only to Hitler's Games in '36" for jingoism." When the '84 games came around, I was eight and my parents didn't think I was old enough to go to the events. I remember them after they came back from a U.S. vs. Spain basketball game and saying how embarassed they were by the boorish, obnoxious crowds chanting "USA, USA" and heckling the Spanish team. I don't want to see the WTC flag at the Olympics. Yes, we suffered a great tragedy, but the Olympics aren't about us. We should be big enough to be small for a while, even if only for the duration of the games. comment 9:57:08 AM 
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