Posted on 08/04/2016 11:29:43 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Olympic organisers invoked the spirit of cult 1980s television show MacGyver to describe their attempts to make Rio’s bargain-bucket opening ceremony live up to the memory of its predecessors.
“Athens was classic, Beijing was grandiose, London was smart - ours is going to be cool,” said Andrucha Waddington, the Brazilian film director who is part of the team behind Friday’s ceremony in Rio’s Maracana stadium.
The ceremony is a joint creative effort, headed by Italian executive producer Marco Balich, a veteran of 17 such bookends of major sporting events, and creative director Fernando Meirelles, the Brazilian whose films include City of God.
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2 paper clips, a nail cutter and some duct tape should do the trick.
BTW, the new McGuyver looks pretty good :0
LoL!
Nail cutter might be unattainable.
Will teeth do?
Good enough!!
More like McGruber...
Wonder how he would fare with gaffers tape?
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