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The Living Force
I looked up the 2012 Opening Ceremony in WIKI and it mentioned that part of the ceremony as a celebration of the National Health Care NHC system, but it did not go in to a detailed description other than children in beds with dancing nurses etc. It segued into the next number on children’s stories where Mary Poppins type nurses save the children from the dark creatures. So, it is believable how the corona comparison would not stand out to people in 2012 as part of a four hour ceremony, but according to The Guardian, the BBC is going to rerun the Olympic ceremonies in July this summer for the sports-deprived shut-ins—an edited version down to two and a half hours. It will be interesting to see if this part makes the cut and if anyone will notice this time. The fact that the paper is saying people will still be “self-isolating” and that there will be “no sports” is interesting in its own right.That is bizarre and chilling. I don't watch TV so I missed it all in 2012, but it's difficult to believe there wasn't a lot of media response questioning why that topic for a sport event. It's just too weird for words and--yes it does look like the PTB having a massive in-your-face joke at the rest of the world. It's a good reminder how nothing in our world was ever "normal" we just maintained the appearance for as long as we could. Thanks for posting.
BBC to broadcast summer of sport nostalgia during coronavirus crisis
The BBC is preparing to unleash the power of nostalgia in a bid to help self-isolating fans through a summer of no sport.
In plans announced by the national broadcaster, some of the biggest hits in British sporting history are to be screened again on BBC One in the coming months, filling gaps where cancelled events would otherwise have been.
In July the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics is to be replayed alongside highlights from the rest of the London Games and Rio 2016, replacing coverage of the postponed Tokyo 2020.
Danny Boyle’s coup de theatre, Isles of Wonder, has subsequently acquired a totemic status amongst parts of British society and will not be shown in full as the entrance of many of the 204 competing nations will be edited out. But viewers can still expect to gorge on two and a half hours of highlights from the night of Friday 27 July 2012.