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• [1] Harlem Hobbit from East Harlem August 09, 2008 - 01:56PM

  Hands down, Beijing 2008 was the best opening ceremonies I've ever seen. China took the worlds of sports, entertainment, and spectacle to school.

  - Olympics junkie since 1960 (Rome)

  
  
• [2] shc from Manhattan August 11, 2008 - 02:17PM

  I've heard that Sarah Brightman is super popular in China, maybe she was chosen for her celebrity status?

  
  
• [3] tom from nyc August 11, 2008 - 02:21PM

  I could go the rest of my life without hearing Sara Brightman, but, john, your general tone about the ceremonies is sadly snobbish.

  It was a great show. the arena was filled brilliantly with color, sound, movement and emotion. Spectacle without stupidity, which sets it above your typical rock extravaganza.

  
  
• [4] Christopher Deignan from Middle Village, Queens August 13, 2008 - 11:55AM

  Unfortunately we are all very uncomfortable in the West with the notion that one party capitalism works. We've all been raised to believe that economical development only works within a democratic framework.

  On a separate but unrelated note, its time for Americans to get over themselves - the notion of American exceptionalism is downright old and manifest in its foreign policy its toxic and arrogant. The U.S. is not the only working democracy in the world, duh.

  
  
• [5] Patrick Cheng August 13, 2008 - 12:00PM

  Comments that suggest the lip-synching used by the Chinese was common are off base. The chinese did not employ lip synching, which involves someone recording their own vocals. They used a different person. What the Chinese did was akin to Milli Vanilli or Singing in the Rain.