• hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl
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    3 months ago

    I mean. They invented the Olympic torch relay and overall showed their competence in Propaganda. You can sell literally anything if you do it right.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics

    The Games were the first to be televised, with radio broadcasts reaching 41 countries.[2] Filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was commissioned by the German Olympic Committee to film the Games for $7 million.[2] Her film, titled Olympia, pioneered many of the techniques now common in the filming of sports.

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    3 months ago

    I think this year’s opening ceremony did a wonderful job showcasing France and French culture in all its diversity. There’s some really clever juxtaposition of tradition and contemporary France. Aya Nakamura, who has been criticized for her unconventional use of French language, dancing with the guards of the Académie Française (the institution responsible for the French language) was amazing, and a great fuck you to the people out there who pretend to be traditionalist but are really just poorly camouflaged racists with their heads stuck up their asses.

    The blue naked man everybody seem so upset by is a cultural treasure, and he did not disappoint.

    The fact that Americans are having a meltdown over it of course makes everything better, but it’s just a bonus.

  • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    “it was the only time the olympics weren’t woke” - some daily wire dude on twitter, probably

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      3 months ago

      dude it was woke as shit, an African-American took four gold medals in the capital of Nazi Germany

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    3 months ago

    The people complaining about the Paris 2024 opening ceremonies are probably big fans of the Germany 1936 opening ceremonies.

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    3 months ago

    Depending on how the election goes, this could very well be a precursor to the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics.

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    3 months ago

    If I remember correctly, this Olympics started the trend of elaborate opening ceremonies because Hitler wanted to create more fanfare.

    Opening ceremonies are legit Nazi shit.

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    3 months ago

    that was just an ordinary type of salute in 1936. it wasn’t replaced in the American flag code until 1942

    *guys stop getting butthurt over wikipedia articles

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      3 months ago

      You have to scroll down through their post history for less than 10 seconds to see this guy complaining about being called a nazi.

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    3 months ago

    I don’t know, I watched the Paris opening ceremony last night, and I doubt I’ll ever see another as bad as that with what remains of my life