For the longest time I thought I was just a killjoy for no longer enjoying the Olympics. But ever since Atlanta - which was my first time watching them in the US; I've felt completely burned out. I thought it was because they're a big production every 2 yrs now, instead of every 4. But then I began to realize it's because they didn't feel international to me anymore.
Sure you can watch a whole host of events. But it's always American Athlete profiles. American commercials. American commentators. The most international thing seemed to be the Opening and Closing ceremonies - and only if one watched with the sound off so as not to hear the American talking heads making fun of countries they deemed 'too small to be real countries' or 'I never even -heard- of blahblah'.
Someone on Twitter just told me that there'd been jailing of protesters in this case too - which just makes me think for all the discussion about the step back / lies concerning freedom of the press - it wouldn't have mattered for American journalists anyway, because if it doesn't have to do with their country or countrymen they probably wouldn't give a damn.'
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Sure you can watch a whole host of events. But it's always American Athlete profiles. American commercials. American commentators. The most international thing seemed to be the Opening and Closing ceremonies - and only if one watched with the sound off so as not to hear the American talking heads making fun of countries they deemed 'too small to be real countries' or 'I never even -heard- of blahblah'.
Someone on Twitter just told me that there'd been jailing of protesters in this case too - which just makes me think for all the discussion about the step back / lies concerning freedom of the press - it wouldn't have mattered for American journalists anyway, because if it doesn't have to do with their country or countrymen they probably wouldn't give a damn.'
Hmm, this is an odd bitterness.