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kaynide
Translation: We done ran outta money, ya'll!
dimidalli
The Brazilians know very well how to entertain people. One way or another, we will have a great time :)
Moonraker
They could end up feeling like after their last World Cup semi-final.
LostinNagoya
Hmm, what's been said here in Brazil is that after the fiasco of the opening ceremony of the 2014 World Cup (jokingly compared to a hill-billy dance party), Brazilians understood that a grand opening takes technology and lots of rehearsal. And that, no, naked people dancing samba can not be used for every function.
wanderlust
4,700 Samba dancers and 90 footballers? That's the usual approach, with 10 officials to make up the numbers.
dharmadan
I wish the whole global Olympic roadshow would end. It's just a massive corporate raid on government coffers, full of patronage, graft and privatizing profits while socializing losses. Also the sports themselves are full of dopers and other cheats. It is so far removed from the original Ancient Greek games that I could scream.
papigiulio
So assuming Japan for sure wants to top the London games we are looking at another priceticket of 50 million dollar on top of the stadium. Bah, what a waste of money.
Wakarimasen
As long as there are samba dancers it will seen as a triumph.
Kato_Koshiro
Reading between the lines we can assure that when it comes to Brazil, the real budget was twice of London with $63 million being embezzled and resting $21 millions to spend with papier-mâché, cellophane and crêpe paper. Prepare for the most expensive and worldwide watched elementary school presentation ever.
nath
In other words, a smile and BS. Just like how they got the games in the first place. So appropriate
dcog9065
The Olympic farce continues, this obviously means that Brazil is broke and only just realized it
Louis Amsel
Good move. those opening shows have always been waste of money and time
gogogo
There is no track?
sf2k
every athlete gets a free hammer, some nails, and a map.
Commodore Shmidlap (Retired)
"We have a big garden that we're chopping down for cattle farms, and you can get diseases just from looking at our rivers and the ocean itself just off our beaches. Let's do something with that in the opening ceremony."