I think everyone is missing how pivotal was this years HT show.
Now, I get that rap isn’t THE most popular genre in FR. It may rank somewhere below classical but above world music and Springsteen. And to be fair, Mr Lamar isn’t in my turntable or record collection.
But Kendrick Lamar’s performance had the following awesome qualities that people are missing for the most part:
1. Unlike the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, Lamar’s performance wasn’t a demonic bacchanalia.
2. No transvestites.
3. For people who still treasure morality, there wasn’t an armada of girls with their chests and butts spilling into your family’s living room. No Madonna, no Shakira, no JLo, no Lady Gaga, no Beyoncé, no wardrobe malfunction!
4. There was more red, white and blue than in most of the boring commercials.
5. Lamar didn’t have a tricked-out ride onstage- he had a 1987 Buick GNX. A BUICK!
6. Samuel L. Jackson was the emcee….he’s been in movies grossing about $12.5 billion. Forget TSwift - she’s a piker compared this guy.
7. Security tackled the pro-Palestine protester.
Now, we can debate rap music, though in all honesty there hasn’t been an acceptable musical group at the SB since The Who in 2010, or an entertainer since Bruno Mars in 2014 (The Weeknd was ok, and the 2022 HT show had fun props and set designs). I also suspect Lamar may not be in FR - but I doubt he’s on DU, either.
But with 2025, Kendrick Lamar signaled that the filthy, anti-American pornographers et al that had been in charge of the halftime show, blinked.
We won. They lost.
Awesome qualities, you say? In that his raunch fest wasn't as bad as the opening ceremonies at Paris? No trannies?
I could spend an hour or so completely tearing apart your every point, but I'll not waste my time any further.
Fair comments, I don’t entirely agree though
First Jackson thinks Trump is a racist, that’s a big one for me
I don’t care for TS’s politics, but I like some of her music, and she would appeal to a different segment of the audience, better yet a good old fashioned rock band.
Second, according to Fox this was the most watched SB and halftime show, and the “entertainment “ chosen IMO, appealed to a small percentage of the audience, why?
Third, was there a reason that the performers were almost exclusively black? Other halftime shows have had a mix of genres and performers.
What would the reaction have been if the halftime show had been exclusively country music?
Fourth black “national anthem “, was there an Indian national anthem, Hispanic national anthem, Asian national anthem….
As a viewer there was no little that appealed to me
Just my 2 cents