I haven't watched it, but some interesting things'

‘Watching the first ever Olympic Opening Ceremony held on a river, you begin to realize why no other Olympic Opening Ceremony has ever been held on a river,’ one critic writes

Has anyone else noticed the creeping in of American spellings and pronunciation in the British media? Recently noticed "labor" in the Guardian in UK article. Gen Z as Gen Zee not Gen Zed etc.

Then there's this :

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1816934136621466073

This is, as it states, not parody. Well, we're living in a post parody age, I think.

Sad it poured on everyone, though not so much on the blue man-woman.

Not sure why the French/Parisianss thought it was a good idea not to have the opening ceremony in the stadium where all the competitors could come together for the spectators. If they wanted to show off Paris, why? Don't they have enough tourists already?