World Cup: Vuvuzela vs. Macarena, Whining Dutch and Chinese Actors, Deserving Spaniards and Uruguayans……..
“Vuvuzela: Soccer fans' much-discussed buzzing horns will soon be forgotten, just like the "Macarena". After the South African World Cup draws to a close Sunday, the nation will surely quiet down. International crowds will clear out, returning to their homes. The FIFA radius around stadiums will fold, allowing local vendors to return to business as usual. Each scream, chant, and cheer will die out, one voice at a time. The vuvuzelas, they will remain. Many of the thousands upon thousands of plastic death-horns will be found in the streets, or in hotel rooms, or left in airport terminals by those who figured they might take the things as souvenirs, only to find they didn't fit in their luggage……..”
Unfortunately the Macarena is not completely dead, not everywhere. There are places that you can still hear it, and these are places that I would not want to go again.
As for the vuvuzela, I don’t mind it, unless it is blowing right in my ear. It was the sound of Mondial 2010, which gave us some great matches, except for the very last one. The vuvuzela ia not nearly as annoying as the Macarena, nor as annoying as the Netherlands team that nearly ruined the final World Cup match with their Rugby-style tackles, and their post-game whining. The final match should have been between the two best teams in the tournament: Spain and Uruguay. Then it may have been as good as the match that preceded it on Saturday.
I also look forward to Brazil 2014, to seeing more of the Chinese actors who played North Korean traveling fans. I hope more of these Chinese “family” actors show up now that Kim Jong-Il and his honorable son are opening up the country.
Cheers
mhg
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