Do the Chinese love Phelps?
To Kevin, et al.
Subject: Our mad video skillz
As promised, here's the video we shot the other day at the Great Wall of China. All in all, I was pretty impressed that so many were familiar with Michael Phelps. If you drive around town, you see plenty of billboards featuring NBA stars like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant. And I think it's been pretty well established that Kobe could run for political office here and win in a landslide (I've spent three hours searching online but can't quite figure out their next election date here... weird).
They're aware of Phelps existence. He is known and respected, but perhaps not fully understood. I guess you could say he's a bit like string theory -- you know it, but you don't really know it.
Comments
what a fun video. how cool to be on the great wall talking about the olympics!
maybe young people are also more familiar with phelps because of his age too.
Posted by: rachel | August 12, 2008 9:48 AM
Who's the tool in the Red Sox hat? Oh, the reporter from the BALTIMORE Sun!? Typical...and pathetic.
Posted by: Ryan | August 13, 2008 5:18 PM