Reuters (July 6)
The spectator ban on the opening ceremony is yet “another downgrade” for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, leaving its “pomp and public spectacle overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Once promoted as an extravaganza to showcase Japan to the world, the Games appear in danger of taking place largely out of public view in a country closed to foreign tourists due to the pandemic.”
Tags: Ban, Closed, Coronavirus, Downgrade, Extravaganza, Foreign, Japan, Olympics, Opening ceremony, Overshadowed, Pandemic, Showcase, Spectacle, Spectator, Tokyo 2020
Telegraph (July 27)
“Brilliant, breathtaking, bonkers and utterly British. Danny Boyle captured the spirit, history, humour and patriotism of an expectant nation last night as he pulled off an Olympic opening ceremony like no other.”
“Brilliant, breathtaking, bonkers and utterly British. Danny Boyle captured the spirit, history, humour and patriotism of an expectant nation last night as he pulled off an Olympic opening ceremony like no other.”
Tags: Danny Boyle, London, Olympics, Opening ceremony
Chicago Tribune (July 27)
In British English, they might say “I was gobsmacked by the Olympic opening ceremony…. In a more proper English teahouse, they might say I quite fancied that. All over the world, they will remember this as the night Britain put on a show that was bloody fantastic…. It was impossible not to be moved. Anybody who tells you differently is just talking rubbish.”
In British English, they might say “I was gobsmacked by the Olympic opening ceremony…. In a more proper English teahouse, they might say I quite fancied that. All over the world, they will remember this as the night Britain put on a show that was bloody fantastic…. It was impossible not to be moved. Anybody who tells you differently is just talking rubbish.”
Tags: London, Olympics, Opening ceremony, UK
