London 2012 closing ceremony. Photo credit: gorgeoux http://flic.kr/p/cQxoLC
The background
The London 2012 Olympics closing ceremony has been roundly praised by key commentators in the mainstream media but it did not go down quite so well on micro-blogging website Twitter, where it was blasted as sacharine, cheesy (in a bad way), and compared unfavourably to Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony.
Read a round-up of the key mainstream media comment on the closing ceremony here.
Twitter reaction
“I’m sad because every time I think of London 2012 I’ll think of a huge demountable model of John Lennon’s face” says Lynne Truss
— BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) August 13, 2012
Great spectacle…But Danny Boyle takes Gold!
— Jon Snow (@jonsnowC4) August 12, 2012
Ok I’m going to give gold, silver, bronze to spice girls, elbow and John lennon’s face. With special commendation to the rio streetcleaner
— esther addley (@estheraddley) August 12, 2012
Closing ceremony was piss poor. About as good a representation of Britain as Greg Rusedski was!
#dogsh*t— Joseph Barton (@Joey7Barton) August 12, 2012
I hope whoever directed last nights closing ceremony enjoys their new job as head of entertainments at Butlins. You aced the job interview.
— Harry Deansway (@Deansbomb) August 13, 2012
To be fair, closing ceremony had impossibly high standards to live up to. And it’s not that bad. Just a bit Radio 1 circa 1993
— David Shariatmadari(@D_Shariatmadari) August 12, 2012
Closing ceremony fatigue. Too much Brian May, not enough Mo Farrah.
— Hannah Davies (@HannahGDavies) August 12, 2012
