What do you think of SuperBowl Halftime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your thoughts?

A collosal bore! Bad Bunny keeps grabbing his crotch. It's an English speaking audience so sing in English! But Trump must be having a conniption fit so it was a good show after all!

Go to sleep.

Actually, I found myself falling asleep. This show was better than ambient.l

Please tell us who would have been better? You can’t say kid rock with a straight face

Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are hard left politically, and their music would been better than Bad Bunny was last night.
I don’t care for Kid Rock’s music or his persona, and he was the low point of the Turning Point halftime show. The other performers on that show were great and would have been far better than Bad Bunny.

I think there is an uncomfortable conversation to be had about the Bad Bunny choice is the changing demographics of America. America is on track to be majority-minority by 2045. The White population of the US is propped up by boomers who are on their way out. 1 in 4 children born in the US are Hispanic. Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are talented and would put on a great show. But their core fan bases are not growing, Bad Bunny’s is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your thoughts?

A collosal bore! Bad Bunny keeps grabbing his crotch. It's an English speaking audience so sing in English! But Trump must be having a conniption fit so it was a good show after all!

Go to sleep.

Actually, I found myself falling asleep. This show was better than ambient.l

Please tell us who would have been better? You can’t say kid rock with a straight face

Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are hard left politically, and their music would been better than Bad Bunny was last night.
I don’t care for Kid Rock’s music or his persona, and he was the low point of the Turning Point halftime show. The other performers on that show were great and would have been far better than Bad Bunny.

You know that the SB audience isn't all 60+, right? That it's a party and all?

+1. Garth and Springsteen are much more my speed, but that NFL isn't looking to put on a performance of the best musician they can find, they're looking to put on a fun show that expands their audience a bit. Garth doesn't do that.

[Anonymous]

I loved it. I don't love Bad Bunny's music but he is a great performer, and there was music diversity as well so not just his usual. The set design, dancing, the end with all the flags... I thought it was beautiful, joyful and meaningful at the same time, but maybe less so for people who don't speak Spanish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why DCUM thinks it is so great to have so many women engaging in highly sexualized dancing on TV.

Is it ok at Mar a Lago?

[Anonymous]

“As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event
The counterprogramming to the half time show was predictably xenophobic, but (perhaps) surprisingly low-quality and poorly attended”

Excerpt From
“As Bad Bunny Slayed the Super Bowl, Turning Point USA Staged Its Own Weird Little Event”
Chris Murphy
Vanity Fair
https://apple.news/AKT8ZjGwnQGOZTh8LteqxLw
This material may be protected by copyright.

[Anonymous]

There were two visions of America last night:

One was angry and aggrieved, clinging to a narrow definition of patriotism. It erected walls of mediocrity around a movement's increasing irrelevancy.

The other was a joyful celebration of history, culture, and community. It paid tribute to the past and danced its way into the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Even Meghan McCain liked it.

The past 10 years of politics has tainted every corner of American culture. I think it is fine to dislike the show, but some people disliked it because they didn’t want to like it in the first place and has been clouded by political opinion. If this had aired 15 years ago most people would have at least tried to enjoy it and gave it a fair chance.

Nope - lt is just Trump and MAGA that have tainted everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny the pedo party is mad about women dancing. I guess they prefer underage little girls dancing sexy, which is disgusting.

You are really reaching here.
“Pedo party”??

I am a middle aged lesbian who did not and would not vote for Trump.

I just don’t understand how suddenly the left is cool with objectifying and sexualizing women.

Yes, the GOP is in fact the Pedo Party. Everywhere else around the world, people are losing their jobs and posiiton because of their association with Epstein, but the US has become the Pedo-Sanctuary country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why DCUM thinks it is so great to have so many women engaging in highly sexualized dancing on TV.

Women are sexualized on TV and otherwise on a daily basis. White America tends to only grasp their pearls in horror when that woman is non-white. You all had the same whiny complaints about Shakira, JLo, and Beyoncé. We get it. You have a problem with black and brown joy.

Okay, NP here. First off, I thought the show was great. I am not particularly into his music, but some of it was good. I find the same reggaeton beat throughout most songs to be boring and uncreative, but was glad he brought some salsa in though Gaga would not have been my choice. (FWIW, I listen to a decent amount of reggae and reggaeton and no it’s not Marley.) The show was vibrant, full of beautiful cultural vignettes and a real celebration of PR/America as it should be.

Secondly, I also didn’t understand why they cut to those dancers’ butts for like 30% of the opening songs. I am no pearl clutcher, but it had nothing to do with them not being white. I also take issue with the objectification of white women. They were fantastic dancers, but I don’t think the choreography was amazing in that regard. Whatever, I’ve moved on. But I will say, my daughters watching this is a lot like me watching MTV growing up and I absolutely internalized that stuff and it’s been problematic. I would be curious to know if they focused on their asses so much it were a female star, female director, female choreographer.

It has everything to do with them not being white. It's not conscious, but it is the reason. The style of dance is cultural and white people have literally always been scandalized by the way black and brown women move their bodies. And finally, I do not need you to explain my own cultural music to me, thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your thoughts?

A collosal bore! Bad Bunny keeps grabbing his crotch. It's an English speaking audience so sing in English! But Trump must be having a conniption fit so it was a good show after all!

Go to sleep.

Actually, I found myself falling asleep. This show was better than ambient.l

Please tell us who would have been better? You can’t say kid rock with a straight face

Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are hard left politically, and their music would been better than Bad Bunny was last night.
I don’t care for Kid Rock’s music or his persona, and he was the low point of the Turning Point halftime show. The other performers on that show were great and would have been far better than Bad Bunny.

they have both performed at the super bowl previously.

[Anonymous]

I speak like 4 words of Spanish and had a great time. We danced. We talked about the different dances and pointed out the instruments. My 16-month-old was hopping around. A good beat is a good beat is a good beat.

The message was beautiful. He told a story with his set design. If the truth is offensive to you that's not Bad Bunny's fault. Women being sterilized for the sugar cane fields, Puerto Rico being damaged and left to falter because of crumbling infrastructure and no real say in the American political process, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your thoughts?

A collosal bore! Bad Bunny keeps grabbing his crotch. It's an English speaking audience so sing in English! But Trump must be having a conniption fit so it was a good show after all!

Go to sleep.

Actually, I found myself falling asleep. This show was better than ambient.l

Please tell us who would have been better? You can’t say kid rock with a straight face

Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are hard left politically, and their music would been better than Bad Bunny was last night.
I don’t care for Kid Rock’s music or his persona, and he was the low point of the Turning Point halftime show. The other performers on that show were great and would have been far better than Bad Bunny.

I think there is an uncomfortable conversation to be had about the Bad Bunny choice is the changing demographics of America. America is on track to be majority-minority by 2045. The White population of the US is propped up by boomers who are on their way out. 1 in 4 children born in the US are Hispanic. Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are talented and would put on a great show. But their core fan bases are not growing, Bad Bunny’s is.

And this is exactly why so many people are struggling with this. The country is changing. The white gaze and preferences are not being prioritized as much as many people are accustomed to, and it's freaking them out. Like it or not, Bad Bunny is one of the most popular artists in the world right now, he is in fact American, and made perfect sense to be the headlining artist. The people having trouble squaring these facts are stuck in the past.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What’s your thoughts?

A collosal bore! Bad Bunny keeps grabbing his crotch. It's an English speaking audience so sing in English! But Trump must be having a conniption fit so it was a good show after all!

Go to sleep.

Actually, I found myself falling asleep. This show was better than ambient.l

Please tell us who would have been better? You can’t say kid rock with a straight face

Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are hard left politically, and their music would been better than Bad Bunny was last night.
I don’t care for Kid Rock’s music or his persona, and he was the low point of the Turning Point halftime show. The other performers on that show were great and would have been far better than Bad Bunny.

I think there is an uncomfortable conversation to be had about the Bad Bunny choice is the changing demographics of America. America is on track to be majority-minority by 2045. The White population of the US is propped up by boomers who are on their way out. 1 in 4 children born in the US are Hispanic. Bruce Springsteen and Garth Brooks are talented and would put on a great show. But their core fan bases are not growing, Bad Bunny’s is.

And this is exactly why so many people are struggling with this. The country is changing. The white gaze and preferences are not being prioritized as much as many people are accustomed to, and it's freaking them out. Like it or not, Bad Bunny is one of the most popular artists in the world right now, he is in fact American, and made perfect sense to be the headlining artist. The people having trouble squaring these facts are stuck in the past.

This times a million!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why DCUM thinks it is so great to have so many women engaging in highly sexualized dancing on TV.

Women are sexualized on TV and otherwise on a daily basis. White America tends to only grasp their pearls in horror when that woman is non-white. You all had the same whiny complaints about Shakira, JLo, and Beyoncé. We get it. You have a problem with black and brown joy.

Okay, NP here. First off, I thought the show was great. I am not particularly into his music, but some of it was good. I find the same reggaeton beat throughout most songs to be boring and uncreative, but was glad he brought some salsa in though Gaga would not have been my choice. (FWIW, I listen to a decent amount of reggae and reggaeton and no it’s not Marley.) The show was vibrant, full of beautiful cultural vignettes and a real celebration of PR/America as it should be.

Secondly, I also didn’t understand why they cut to those dancers’ butts for like 30% of the opening songs. I am no pearl clutcher, but it had nothing to do with them not being white. I also take issue with the objectification of white women. They were fantastic dancers, but I don’t think the choreography was amazing in that regard. Whatever, I’ve moved on. But I will say, my daughters watching this is a lot like me watching MTV growing up and I absolutely internalized that stuff and it’s been problematic. I would be curious to know if they focused on their asses so much it were a female star, female director, female choreographer.

It wasn’t just reggaeton and salsa. There was an entirely separate style called plena (“Cafe con ron”). The song Ricky Martin sang was primarily jibaro. You also have no idea who directed or choreographed the show.

I loathe your lowbrow flat-assed middle-aged smug “praise” couched in Karenesque critique when you’re 100% ignorant yourself.

[Anonymous]

I'm a 48-year old white woman, had never heard of Bad Bunny but enjoyed his performance. My teenager (who doesn't like football) only watched because of the halftime show.