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Danny Boyle unveils London Olympics opening ceremony theme - UK - OLYMPICS - FRANCE 24

Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle, the artistic director for the 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony in London, revealed Friday that the ceremony will be a Shakespeare-inspired celebration of British culture.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 01:16:37 PM EST
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Oh well, yet again portraying England as some pickled-in-aspic medieval Merrie Englande theme park. Still, it could have been worse, it might have been "Battle of Britain" themed

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 03:56:21 AM EST
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Boyle is a coward. If he still had it in him, the show would feature dancers playing binge-drinking yobs, a riot, an EDL march, and a Boris Johnson imitator...

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 04:26:39 AM EST
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England as some pickled-in-aspic medieval Merrie Englande theme park.

You mean it isn't? [puzzled]

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Jan 28th, 2012 at 05:53:04 AM EST
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