I thought it was safe to go to the bathroom during the halftime show.

[novapsyche]

Shows what I know.

Halftime show ends on a revealing note

CBS and the NFL disavowed a Super Bowl halftime performance Sunday night that concluded with Justin Timberlake baring Janet Jackson's right breast.

The incident was so upsetting to the NFL that it suggested MTV won't be permitted to produce another halftime show.

[...] Although much of the 12-minute halftime show was sexually provocative, it was the baring of Jackson's breast that fueled complaints to CBS, the NFL, local CBS affiliate KHOU-TV and the Houston Chronicle. Channel 11 apparently was flooded with calls in protest, and the Chronicle received several calls and e-mails.

The Houston Police Department's phones were ringing, too. Spokesman Robert Hurst said several callers wanted charges brought against Jackson. But he said HPD officials conferred with the city attorney's office and determined that no charges will be filed. "At this time there is nothing to indicate a crime was committed," he said.

Hurst said anyone upset with the act should contact KHOU-Channel 11, CBS or the Federal Communications Commission.

Jackson's portion of the halftime show featured Cabaret-inspired dancers, some dressed only in red underwear below the waist. Choreography included sexual innuendo and crotch grabbing.

Comments

[vaxjedi]

*laughs* I think people's reaction to this is the funniest thing I've heard in a long time.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

The reaction seems universally to be one of tickled outrage.

Re:

[vaxjedi]

And I think it's hilarious. The American view on sexuality an almost all levels is one of the most surreal things I can think of.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

So what do you think of The FCC's decision to investigate the incident?

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[vaxjedi]

*shrug* It does seem staged. And it's the FCC's job to follow up on this sort of thing. But I think it wasn't any more revealing than some of the outfits I've seen at various music award shows.

halftime

[zenrabbit.livejournal.com]

well everyone i was with agreed that we did not want to see janet so we turned to other stations during the half time show. now i wish i would have been watching.

Re: halftime

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've ever sat down and watched a Superbowl halftime show. I don't find them very entertaining.

I was going to watch the halftime commentary, but the music in the background overpowered the voices of the commentators, so I just turned the channel. CBS obviously didn't put a lot of time into considering all the different elements of the halftime show. That was my impression before I'd heard about all these shenanigans.

[entheo.livejournal.com]

Im ammused that all the American news sites ive visited (CNN, Fox, Yahoo), have the photo of her covereing her breast, as if its something bad, while Australian news sites and British sites have her breast showing in its full glory.

[rabbitorf.livejournal.com]

so far, every reaction I've seen has been a discussion of whether or not it was intentional. most people seem to think it was intentional.

oh, and there was a discussion about whether it was a tassel/pasty, as some articles seem to be insisting, or whether it was a nipple shield. pictures seem to say nipple shield.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Thanks for those links. Quite revealing. ;)

What can I say? Americans are Puritanical, prudish people.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

That thing is definitely metal.

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[entheo.livejournal.com]

That what comes from the main original settlers being Puritans.

Todays new fact is that when the first settlers arrived in Australia, after the men built the camp, the women disembarked and a huge 3 day orgy ensured!
The high school level history books dont mention it, but other history books do, some quite graphically (ie, threesomes and other things)!
Even travel sites about Australia mention it such as Globetrek and Fodors

Even the Christian sites know that about Australia
Australia never was a Christian nation. It was neither founded by Pilgrims nor birthed in prayer.
The manifest for the First Fleet, among the 700 spades and 8000 fish-hooks, listed just one Bible.
That night the convict women were landed, extra rations of rum were issued and a bacchanalian orgy followed that ceased only when the revellers were drenched by a thunderstorm.