Olympic Monkeys
Mein Frau is, to put it mildly, not a big sports fan. I know my love of the Olympics (like so many other things I do) perplexes her . At long last, I think I finally know how to explain it to her:
In case you're wondering what the hell just happened, apparently there's a famous Chinese novel called Journey to the West, about the travels of the Monkey King and his friends, Pigsy the Pig and a warrior-turned-demon named Sandy. And apparently the Gorillaz creators Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn were hired by the BBC to turn said novel into a 2-minute promo for the Beijing Olympics.
But all you really need to know is this simple formula:
Update: it seems that Albarn and Hewlett have also just written "Monkey", a full-length opera about the Monkey King, entirely in Chinese. That sounds more interesting than it probably should.
In case you're wondering what the hell just happened, apparently there's a famous Chinese novel called Journey to the West, about the travels of the Monkey King and his friends, Pigsy the Pig and a warrior-turned-demon named Sandy. And apparently the Gorillaz creators Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn were hired by the BBC to turn said novel into a 2-minute promo for the Beijing Olympics.
But all you really need to know is this simple formula:
Olympics + Kung fu + flying monkeys = too beautiful for words
Update: it seems that Albarn and Hewlett have also just written "Monkey", a full-length opera about the Monkey King, entirely in Chinese. That sounds more interesting than it probably should.
posted by Skippy | 8:45 AM
1 Comments:
This didn't make me like sports any better...sorry!! It's more entertaining than the Olympics though. -- Frau Skippy
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