What do you think of SuperBowl Halftime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

The game, halftime show, and commercials were less than I expected.

[Anonymous]

I absolutely loved it! The best halftime show I’ve ever seen. And now I want a plant costume.

[Anonymous]

I like bad bunny’s music but I don’t think he has as many ear worm hits like prince, Katy Perry, Beyoncé and Michael Jackson. However, I thought it was very creatively put together and it was very thoughtful and well done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Who are you to tell people what they like and don't like? Do you accuse people who like Italian opera of being poilitical? What about people who are moved by a poem they don't 100% understand?

I don't personally care for Bad Bunny's music. I am old and obviously not his demographic - I am Prince's demographic and feltt that it was the best of show of all time when I watched it. But this performance was totally different and beautiful and I'll never forget it. It was like a theatre with vignettes of Puerto Rican and Latino culture. It exuded joy and community - joy in community. It told stories, many stories. I, personally, may not have loved the music as much as Prince's (though I am sure many younger people liked the music more) but in an artistic way think this was "literally 1 million times" more creative and ambitious than Prince's.

And also, if "love is stronger than hate" is the message of the resistance, do you really want to complain about that? Do you really find that as a political message so distasteful??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Agree with the bolded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Agree with the bolded.

LOL.

That is a view completely divorced from history and reality. George Orwell said “all art is propaganda” because art and politics have ALWAYS been intertwined. Art asks “how do we live?” and politics tries to answer. Every painting, tv show, and piece of music you have ever seen have answered political questions, from Bad Bunny to Mr. Rogers to the Marvel movies. They will always chase one another.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Agree with the bolded.

To be fair, ranking art into hierarchies - x is better than y — rather than engaging with it on its own terms — is also a way for art to die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

And yet I suspect Prince would have appreciated the artistry and power of this halftime show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Agree with the bolded.

LOL.

That is a view completely divorced from history and reality. George Orwell said “all art is propaganda” because art and politics have ALWAYS been intertwined. Art asks “how do we live?” and politics tries to answer. Every painting, tv show, and piece of music you have ever seen have answered political questions, from Bad Bunny to Mr. Rogers to the Marvel movies. They will always chase one another.

and yet, we see this regime trying to eliminate art on any level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

And yet I suspect Prince would have appreciated the artistry and power of this halftime show.

Perhaps. OTOH, Prince might have been asked to headline were he still alive and we wouldn’t be having this debate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

As such an expert on art, you surely understand that terms like "like" are subjective, and that simply because you didn't like it doesn't mean it was objectively bad or that others could not find things about it to enjoy.

As a Puerto Rican myself, watching this performance made my heart swell with pride and joy. I feel like it was a beautiful celebration of my people and a unique perspective on what it means to love America at a time when loving America is a hard thing to do for people that look like me.

[Anonymous]

I didn't understand a word of it and I loved it. I appreciated that there was plenty to think about, but it didn't feel judgmental or angry. I liked the "god bless america" that referenced all of the Americas. It was a memorable halftime show.

[Anonymous]

Laura Loomer: It wasn't white enough.


Shocking to hear from a so-called Jew. I mean if the GOP doesn't want a diverse tent, why do the advertise on the Latino tv and radio stations?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

Who are you to tell people what they like and don't like? Do you accuse people who like Italian opera of being poilitical? What about people who are moved by a poem they don't 100% understand?

I don't personally care for Bad Bunny's music. I am old and obviously not his demographic - I am Prince's demographic and feltt that it was the best of show of all time when I watched it. But this performance was totally different and beautiful and I'll never forget it. It was like a theatre with vignettes of Puerto Rican and Latino culture. It exuded joy and community - joy in community. It told stories, many stories. I, personally, may not have loved the music as much as Prince's (though I am sure many younger people liked the music more) but in an artistic way think this was "literally 1 million times" more creative and ambitious than Prince's.

And also, if "love is stronger than hate" is the message of the resistance, do you really want to complain about that? Do you really find that as a political message so distasteful??

No one said it was distasteful, just trite and lame, like everything is when you privilege politics over art.

I can admit the the Passion of the Christ is well shot and David Mamet writes - at times - great dialogue and One Battle After Another is a masterpiece. They are both great pieces of art from diametrically different political viewpoints. I don’t respect or laud either of them solely because they cater to my political side, which seems to be why 90% of people on here are saying they like Bad Bunny’s performance.

You are lame if you pretend to like art because it offends the other political team. Period. The people who turned into watch the insufferable Kid Rock’s redneck agitprop to stick it to the libs are equally insufferable.

America has fallen off so hard in the past 20 years. It is heartbreaking. Movies, rock, hip hop….everything is much worse than it was by any metric and cheerleading art strictly because it adheres to your politics is one of the main reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is why politics is so lame. A bunch of people on here pretending something was good because the other team doesn’t like it.

Prince’s halftime show was literally 1 million times better than this. Please let’s stop pretending this was any good just because Trump doesn’t like him. Liking art because of politics is how art dies.

As such an expert on art, you surely understand that terms like "like" are subjective, and that simply because you didn't like it doesn't mean it was objectively bad or that others could not find things about it to enjoy.

As a Puerto Rican myself, watching this performance made my heart swell with pride and joy. I feel like it was a beautiful celebration of my people and a unique perspective on what it means to love America at a time when loving America is a hard thing to do for people that look like me.

You think it’s great because it caters to your tribe. Got it. It’s a seminal masterpiece. I stand corrected.