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A philosophical case for the live broadcast of the Olympic Games’ opening and closing ceremonies
The Olympic Games’ Opening and Closing Ceremonies have become phenomena of extraordinary global allure and attention. Ritualistically and symbolically powerful, these events evoke and render the foundational values of Olympism to immense television audiences all over the world. This paper philosophically examines what is missing when the Opening and Closing Ceremonies are broadcasted on a tape-delay basis, a practice that has recently generated much public and media controversy in the United States. This examination mounts a case for the live broadcast of these events. It contends that tape-delay broadcasts of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies deleteriously alter the spectating experience as well as the formation of the Olympic communitas.
