The 2022 Beijing Olympics concluded Sunday with icy fanfare, a spirited speech from International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and an audience count that pales in comparison to previous Winter games.
09.02.2022 - 23:09 / variety.com
Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs has become Olympics tradition, NBC has spent every night of its primetime coverage unveiling the stories of top U.S. athletes like it’s selling a weepy drama about their lives. Figure skater Nathan Chen came to Beijing to banish bad memories of his last botched Olympics, the humiliating clip of which NBC will whip out at a moment’s notice to underline his plight.
Biathlete Leif Nordgren had to meet his new daughter virtually, live on air, as he blinked back tears. Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin is trying to mount a comeback through debilitating grief over the recent death of her father, whose grin used to be an omnipresence on whichever slopes she conquered. For NBC, these segments represent “heartwarming” tales of resilience and pride, especially if the athletes involved manage to beat the odds and land a medal.
When they don’t, the dial turns to “heartbreaking” as the network zooms in even further on crestfallen faces to make sure the audience understands the depths of their devastation. Emphasizing failures as much as victories isn’t a new phenomenon to these Olympics, but it’s uncomfortable to witness every time. NBC spends so much time finding human interest stories at the Olympics only to get caught off guard when its subjects dare to prove just how human they are.While creating inspiring narratives is a mainstay of sports coverage (not to mention reality competition shows in general), there’s something uniquely frustrating about watching NBC, the sole U.S.
broadcaster of the Olympics, milk American athletes for all they’re worth. After days of telling audiences about how much Shiffrin’s struggled since her dad’s death, watching her barely make it through a live Feb. 8 interview
.The 2022 Beijing Olympics concluded Sunday with icy fanfare, a spirited speech from International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and an audience count that pales in comparison to previous Winter games.
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