I didn’t see all of it, but as you synopsized it, it looks like they were trying to strike some ineffectual and lame sense
of “balance”, but predictably, “the glorious mosaic” that now defines Britain’s self-image rapidly seemed to take over.
As if the overwrought production numbers weren’t tedious enough, they were followed by an inexplicably gaudy , noisy,
and vapid bow to “youth culture”, complete with a montage tweeting, texting, and some apparently interracial “romance”
which played out like a cheesy, overproduced commercial for he latest cyber-gadget.
Aidan Burley had it right.
It screamed out “nanny state” and in any case, it’s only the Olympics, basically a chance for wealthy dilettantes to display their one skill. Our Islamic enemies will probably conclude that it’s a waste of time to destroy this, when it could so easily destroy itself.