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Lamar filled the stage with performers, but none of them seemed to be white. While most may not even have noticed, some particularly upset users took to X to express their frustration.

"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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I didn't enjoy the entire superbowl. Not a single commercial was memorable, or with me right now. The game was sad and one sided, while the commentators just kept trying to suck off KC.

And as far as the halftime show, I didn't like it. Now, as far as the music goes, I never like the music. But usually the music at least brings with it some amazing visuals. It usually feels like the biggest performance of the year.

Instead, they had one move. Yes, the dancing in colors to eventually form a flag that waves IS pretty cool.....but you got a 20 minute performance. That visual is a minute at most. What else ya got? Oh, just a lot of dancers marching down the street.....still forming a flag. Oh, the majority of your show is the flag? Yeah, it was kinda cool the first time....but that CANNOT be your only move. I forget who was billed as the official act, but there was one that broke down into a whole bunch of singers. You had jay z and eminem, and mary j blige and snoop dogg, and it just kept changing styles. That one was kinda cool.

I think that's what I want in superbowl halftime shows. Larger than life productions where you get lost in the theatrical production of all, and it becomes an ensamble cast of artists and styles.

I want one where TLC leads into Lady Gaga, leads into Destinys Child, leads into Beyonce, capped off by GWAR.

Imagine that halftime show.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

"Not a single commercial was memorable "

The fact that commercials are seen as anything else than annoying is already strange to me. But reading that it really is seen as an entertaining part of the Super Bowl takes it to a whole other level.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 minutes ago

I despise commercials generally. But the Super Bowl is when marketers used to bring their A-game, with a very different feel from usual ads.

Now they just bring A-listers instead, put them on the screen and say, “Look who we hired! Now buy our product.”

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

It's been like that for decades. At one time people would watch FOR the commercials. Commercial companies used to bring their A-game, and debut unique ads that you'd talk about for years.

This year felt mostly like just average commercials you could have seen during any commercial break.

In the 80s, Energizer had ads that you thought were ads for other products. Then they'd switch it up, and surprise! It's the energizer bunny.

In the 90s, they had the budweiser frogs, the taco bell dog, and the wassup guys.

Now though? Ugh. Nothing funny or memorable happened.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Yeah. It's supposed to be part of the fun. Corps will corp, and will advertise no matter what. Having an event that is effectively an advertisement competition was great. Supports artists enjoyable. Losing that is a big of a shame tbh

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

More recently we had such gold mines as Dietz Nuts and the PopCorners x Breaking Bad crossover.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

This is a football game we're talking about?