01-02-2016, 04:56 PM
The problem with all great satire is that you have to turn on your brain to appreciate (or even recognize it). If you're accustomed to listening to 20th century show tunes and watching pinwheels and disappearing diamonds, then chances are you're going to be disappointed.
Stanford Stadium has two things going for it when it comes to the band shows: 1) closed captioning so you can understand what the heck the student announcers are saying and 2) a camera crew that (more or less) knows to catch the formations both before *and* after they change.
Back in my day... we used to print a preview of the pregame and halftime shows in the game-day edition of the Daily. Sort of like publishing the synopsis in the opera program (sort of...)
Stanford Stadium has two things going for it when it comes to the band shows: 1) closed captioning so you can understand what the heck the student announcers are saying and 2) a camera crew that (more or less) knows to catch the formations both before *and* after they change.
Back in my day... we used to print a preview of the pregame and halftime shows in the game-day edition of the Daily. Sort of like publishing the synopsis in the opera program (sort of...)