“There’s no diversity in the half time show. DEI only goes one direction and this horrible halftime show perfectly represents why DEI needs to die,” a user wrote.

  • hopesdead
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    142 months ago

    🤦‍♂️

    53% of the NFL identity as Black or African American. It is reasonably well known that the fan base is more affluent than other American sports. This is echos slavery. They complain only because the person they are paying to see perform isn’t performing the way they want.

    No one said they had to watch the halftime show let alone the game itself.

    • The Quuuuuill
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      132 months ago

      yup. not every goddamn moment needs to be about you, chuds. how many performers have done the SB that your average kendrick enjoyer woulda hated

      • hopesdead
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        Hell even The Rolling Stones have performed… and they aren’t even American.

        • The Quuuuuill
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          72 months ago

          paul mccartney. fuckin paul mcartney. if you think paul mccartney had a better, more impactful show you can fuck right off. no his show wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t worthy of discussion. it was a consumable piece of content seen and then forgotten.

          meanwhile kendrick gave us something to talk about. he pushed the envelope. it was dope. he even had uncle sam l jackson straight up telling us the point: it’s better to make some people uncomfortable and say something real than to just placate the masses. like… idk. if you can’t handle 10 minutes of challenging art in the middle of 4 hours of pro hegemonic propaganda, i refuse to give a shit about you

  • Matengor
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    772 months ago

    So it’s a report on the reactions to the show on X. Who would have thought they wouldn’t like an all-black half time show?

    • @Cenzorrll@lemmy.world
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      42 months ago

      I looked the Irish star up, and it’s owned by the same company as the daily mirror and daily star. So my guess is it’s purpose is to amplify bots that complain about dei. Making those complaints seem more abundant than they are.

    • @hansolo@lemm.ee
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      492 months ago

      I’m actually thrilled that they’ve managed to ringfence themselves off into an increasingly toxic cesspool.

      Now we just need to get the people that write articles like this is correctly add that context and say “10 hilarious ways X users whine about Superbowl Halftime Show. Number 4 will make you piss yourself laughing.”

  • Flying Squid
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    362 months ago

    Everyone knows musical performances without white people being involved is racism!

    This is why I refuse to go see a single performance by Stevie Wonder or even Ladysmith Black Mombaso.

    I won’t even listen The Black Keys or Black Sabbath. You know, just in case.

  • @aarRJaay@lemm.ee
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    372 months ago

    How about how many black people were on the field playing? Were they okay with that, or are they just waiting for The Orange One’s comments on the subject?

  • Bakkoda
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    102 months ago

    I didn’t even make it that far because the commercials were fuckin horrific.

    • TheLowestStone
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      122 months ago

      I stopped watching the NFL in general several years ago when they went to split screen to show a commercial during gameplay. I can’t even imagine how much worse it has gotten.

      • Omega
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        I’ve never seen them do split screen during gameplay. Maybe if they timed it wrong, but not that I can remember. But thet do have split screen during short timeouts or ref reviews

    • @dan1101@lemm.ee
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      The commercials are the only part I might be interested in. Last year’s were definitely a mixed bag.

      • Bakkoda
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        42 months ago

        I guess it’s been a while but it was just more commercials than game and every single commercial was just a celebrity fuck fest. I don’t see many ads.

        • @Zahille7@lemmy.world
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          The only Superbowl commercial I remember from recent years was the Tide one, where Hopper keeps showing up and says “nope. It’s a Tide ad.”

          That and puppybabymonkey

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            Puppymonkeybaby made a cameo in a new commercial last night. I had completely forgotten about puppymonkeybaby until I saw it.

      • @dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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        22 months ago

        This year’s commercials were unbelievably boring and/or bad. They were all somber and super serious, except for the Dodge Ram Fuck Yeah America ad.

  • @demizerone@lemmy.world
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    When all the coaches for the Kansas City Chiefs were walking to the field, I thought someone opened the diabetic clinic.

    • Flying Squid
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      202 months ago

      They for sure have problems with the lack of representation at Carrie Underwood concerts.

      • The Quuuuuill
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        52 months ago

        genuinely on some level they do. she doesn’t have a penis or testicles or present as male. they’ll tolerate female artists… for now

  • Cousin Mose
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    As a white person I couldn’t give one fuck whether performers at an overblown sporting event are white or not.

    People really have this kind of time? Also as someone who’s home constantly: get a life.

    • @overload@sopuli.xyz
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      132 months ago

      Agreed, Kendrick Lamar is of course going to have black stage dancers, his music is directly about and influenced by black culture after all.

      • Flying Squid
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        As someone who lived in the U.S. for 47 years, I can’t even sum up enough effort to give a shit about the Super Bowl at all.

        Trump caring about it is an even bigger disincentive than watching people give themselves CTE for money.

        • @Whateley@lemm.ee
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          42 months ago

          I don’t know why they interview the players post-game. They’re all punch-drunk and can barely string a sentence together. I’m sure there are some intelligent and eloquent speakers among them but no one is sounding bright after smacking skulls with another 300+ lbs dude for a few hours.

  • @corroded@lemmy.world
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    152 months ago

    I made the mistake of visiting this link on mobile with ad block disabled. Holy shit, have things gotten bad.

    • Cousin Mose
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      82 months ago

      Lately when I send links to family and friends I use Apple’s .webarchive format because I know they don’t have any blockers. I can’t in good conscience link someone to content that will profile them.

  • @dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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    82 months ago

    Look, I wasn’t a big fan of the half time show, either, but that’s because it was only one person and wasn’t a big spectacle. I think Kendrick absolutely crushed his performance, and the dancers and choreography were amazing; but it was like a really large music video and not a halftime show spectacle. If any other person had made a musical cameo besides the woman I didn’t know who sang two short lines, then it would have been better. The reason I say that is, in my unartistic opinion, Kendrick is a bit one-note; so adding another artist would have punched harder.

    I knew people would complain about the lack of diversity on stage, but I also think it was completely intentional to make a point. I loved that aspect of it.