Faking the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics

[neilr]

Ok, I have to admit I'm torn on this one...

During the opening ceremonies, people in the stadium saw a series of 29 fireworks in the shape of footprints "walking" toward the stadium. At home and on the screens around the stadium, people also saw a series of fireworks walking toward the stadium. However, it's being fairly widely reported that

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[xinejaquette]

There are other examples of the planners putting forth a PREFECT image which was knowingly composted. For example, the adorble 7 year old in the red dress singing as the children from all 56 nationalities walked across the arena was lip syncing to the voice of a very talented but lacking in stage presence for less attractive 7 year old little girl.

http://shanghaiist.com/2008/08/12/olympic_opening_uses_girls_voice_no.php

[neilr]

Yeah, I was just about to post that...

I'm more and more uncomfortable with how things were implemented.

[conflictdswitch]

I'm more and more uncomfortable with how things were implemented.

It's China. They are still very much a communist state. For things not to have gone perfectly, people would've been disappeared.