And World War Death is finally underway!
I wasn’t sure what the opening ceremony for an event like this would really look like…since both major sports events as well as world wars have established and time-honored opening rituals, but they differ kind a bit from one another. So I went, as so often, with a combination…pastiche…melange…unholy assemblage of mismatched body parts…kind of thing.
So I’ve recycled some applicable footage – they’re using a mirror to light the Olympic…uh, I mean, the lethal torch, than they have a relay with it to Berlin, and then it’s used to set a border post on fire. I think that would make sense as an opening ceremony for a hyper-lethal, high-casuality sporting event.
And if that doesn’t make sense…well, what does it matter? This sort of opening ceremony hasn’t made any sense in a long time. Perhaps we should go back to the roots, and do it like they did in Ancient Greece…sacrifice a ram, try to discern the gods’ wishes from its entrails, and then eat it.
More on Thursday.