I wasn't sure whether to post this under Sports, Arts, or Bullshit.
Breakdancing Is Officially an Olympic Sport
The International Olympic Committee has officially added Breakdancing to the medal events program at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. It will be called 'breaking', as it was originally dubbed by the dancers at hip-hop’s first parties in the Bronx in the 1970s. First proposed by Paris organizers after trials at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Olympic breaking will joining sport climbing and 3-on-3 basketball competitions at the Place de le Concorde in Paris.
Breaking was not originally conceived as a sport, but as a form of artistic expression that takes its name from the “breaks” that hip-hop DJs would loop from popular disco and funk tracks, featuring isolated drum parts ideal for dancing. After a wave of mainstream popularity in
the 1980s, it has evolved to include competitions of highly acrobatic feats of athleticism, which these Olympic events are likely to resemble. https://pitchfork.com/news/breakdancing-is-officially-an-olympic-sport/
And the IOC wonders why viewership is down, and no one gives a shit about the Games any more?
Gentle Jesus, take me now. -"BB"-
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:08 am
by BoSoxGal
Breakdancing is very athletic and akin to the artistic floor routine of gymnastics. I don’t think it’s earth-shattering to include it. Did you forget that glorified ping pong was made an Olympic sport in ‘88?
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:50 am
by Bicycle Bill
No, I didn't forget; I seem to remember wondering how long it would take before Beer Pong became an event as well. And don't get me started on 'rhythmic gymnastics' or 'synchronized swimming/diving', either.
Seriously though, if 'athletic' and/or 'artistic' is the bar that needs to be cleared, why stop with breakdancing then?
Or we could always bring back this one ..... which WAS an Olympic medal sport prior to 2000.
-"BB"-
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:04 pm
by Gob
Err... no.
I've long thought that anything judged and scored on artistic grounds shouldn't be described as a "sport". (Especially not horse dancing.)
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:25 pm
by Big RR
Well, I don't watch race walking, rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming, table tennis, badminton, rifle/pistol shooting, or any other number of "sports", so this is just one more I will avoid. They can add what sports they choose, but spectators can choose to watch or avoid it. Beak dancing is no better, and no worse, than many of the other minor olympic sports. I have no doubt any of these take a certain amount of "skill", and most require significant athletic skill, but most just don't interest me (face it, is break dancing all that different from diving?).
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 3:52 pm
by MajGenl.Meade
Gotta love that "beak dancing" Big RR
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 5:23 pm
by Big RR
I wouldn't watch that either.
Re: Sign That The Apocalypse Is Upon Us #12,693
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 9:21 pm
by Long Run
Wouldn't drake dancing be better?
Though, I'm guessing more than a few people would say they "hate the drake"!
