Posted on 02/05/2012 7:41:56 PM PST by doug from upland
For all the pomp and excess of Madonna's Super Bowl halftime show, it is likely to be a single extended middle finger by guest singer M.I.A. that is most remembered.
The gesture, accompanied by a barely disguised expletive, came during a performance of Madonna's new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin." At the end of her lines, M.I.A. appeared to sing "I don't give a (expletive)," although it was hard to hear clearly.
The incident was reminiscent of Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" eight years ago -- a surprise risque moment in front of tens of millions of unsuspecting viewers. The brief exposure of Jackson's nipple during the 2004 halftime show raised a storm of controversy and put CBS in hot water with the Federal Communications Commission.
The Super Bowl, shown on NBC this year, is routinely viewed by more than 100 million people, the biggest TV event of the year.
The screen briefly went blurred after M.I.A.'s gesture in what seemed like a late attempt to cut out the camera shot. The NFL, which produces the show, had no immediate comment.
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Lemme guess.
Your lips stuck to the screen and you got degaussed.
I had no idea this happened. Just finding this today.
If my mother kind of liked the show, and none of us assembled noticed, well, it wasn’t that obvious.
Unlike the Janet thing (which really disappointed me - I thought Janet was class, at least in the ‘80s). Which, BTW, my mom said Madonna stated in some interview she was not going to have happen.
Anyway, it's impossible to discuss this stuff without sounding crazy, so I'll leave you all to investigate for yourselves.
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