The Beijing Olympics: Foreigners, Fuwa, and Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)
Foreigners who more than five years ago predicted the following would happen in Beijing, please raise your hands:
That two Olympic mascots named Huanhuan (an Olympic flame) and Yingying (a Tibetan antelope) would jitterbug on a beach volleyball court with a dozen cheerleaders in skimpy neon green bikinis to The Offspring’s “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)” while Chinese grandmothers with grandchildren on their laps clapped along. Oh, and that a cup of beer would cost five kuai.
Anyone? Anyone?
(Unfortunately, the musical director later played The Ramones’ Blitzkrieg Bop during the Germany match.)
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I would not be able to recognize the mascot on the right as an antelope if my life depended on it.
@ Sirb,
That’s because a still photo does not reveal its loping gait. Wait, I mean stumble…
Cheers, Boyce