Posted on 02/04/2013 4:14:24 PM PST by drewh
Beyoncé's daring leather ensemble at the Super Bowl last night has sparked anger from some parents who believe it was too racy for prime time television. Several viewers took to Facebook and other social networking websites to suggest that the performer's costume, by fashion designer Rubin Singer, looked a little too 'S&M'. Beyoncé was 'over the top trampy,' according to one mother commenting on the Today show's Facebook page. 'I was embarrassed to watch it with my 9 year old son,' she wrote.
Conservative talk show host Laura Ingraham tweeted sarcastically: 'Very family-friendly dancing S&M by Beyonce. What every girl shd aspire to. #waronwomen [sic].'
And an angered Huffington Post reader wrote: 'This is a family event - did the woman need to dress like a harlot???'
'This is a family event - did the woman need to dress like a harlot?' However overall reception of her costume was positive, with viewers and fans praising it as fierce and sexy, a testament to her girl power attitude. And many were shocked to discover that the brains behind the pop star's jaw-dropping leather getup did not belong to a big-name label, but to the relatively new and unknown New York-based designer, Rubin Singer. 'I have to tell you, this is a moment,' Mr Singer, 34, told The New York Times. 'It's the biggest moment of my career.'
The designer's creation included a black plunging leather bodysuit fashioned with strips of engineered python, paneled iguana, silk, plastic and leather, with insets of black lace. The ensemble also featured a motorcycle jacket with padded shoulders and a leather flounce skirt which Beyoncé ripped off early in the show, revealing a ruffled Chantilly lace skirt.
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Take that, National Football League! LOL.
I could only assume she was channeling Michael Jackson or was she merely mimicking Roseann Barr.
I could only assume she was channeling Michael Jackson or was she merely mimicking Roseann Barr.
Pretty much on par for what most “pole dancers” wear from what I’ve heard. I mean, how could it be “too trampy”?
The costume was OK... it was the grinding that was not family-rated.
I didn't waste my time watching the game. I hate football. But the superbowl halftime shows and commercials are usually worth the time. Not this year. That was ghetto trash and not fit for prime time.
I haven’t watched a Super Bowl since the LA Rams went and lost I think to the Steelers in the before-time called the 1980s. I was just a kid then.
Last night I ignored the game and halftime show running updates on the systems and watching several episodes of the Rockford Files S1 in another room. The spouse watched the game.
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I told my wife I’m predicting the over/under is 70 percent of her act will be her attracting attention to her crotch and bet the over. Singers sing standing or sitting. Floors, stages, and the outdoors are for non-human fauna, like lizards. The Simpsons episode was funny and ended right in time for the third period.
If you don’t care much about music beyond, “It’s got a beat and other people can dance to it,” I thought the halftime show was a well-produced spectacle. Scantily clad chicks all in a row like the Rockettes, lights flashing, special effects dazzling... What wasn’t to like? It was a pretty good football game, too, but in the end the whole thing was, as usual, an eminently forgettable three hours. Life goes on.
(shrug)
Some people around here take all this nonsense way too seriously.
Meanwhile, what will the African communist scumbag Ubama do this week to continue his assault on a once-proud nation?
I agree 100% but it belongs in a gent's club, not the most prime of primetime TV.
Lots of little girls are big fans of Beyonce...
Thanks for confirming my expectations and the reason we flipped over to America's Funniest Videos rather than take in any of the halftime crap.
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