• garbagebagel@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    What? It had nothing to do with sports. Like yeah, its a Superbowl thing but the halftime show has long past been more of a cultural thing than a sports thing. People that perform at it likely don’t give a shit about the sport either way, and neither do many of the people that watch specifically (or only) the Super bowl.

    The message was clear and it was aimed at every single person watching American or not, sports fan or not.

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      1 day ago

      Imagine having the final of your favourite sport turn into an entertainment/cultural show …

      Other than that, perfect platform to spread this message so yea

      edit: the european mind can’t comprehend

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          24 hours ago

          Agree that sport and culture have a lot in common, but at this point the sports-part feels like it’s merely a side event to the half time show

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            21 hours ago

            For many of us, that’s true. And that’s something present even at the college and high school football levels. Last night, I tuned in just for the halftime show and turned the game off after. Similarly, people at my college were known for leaving football games after watching the band’s performance at halftime. While football is a huge deal to many, there’s also a significant amount of people that only show up for the musicians.

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      21 hours ago

      It is a badly executed joke about which sport is popular for which cultural group and the abundance of Caribbean flags in the photo

      EDIT : Yeah , you downvoters are right, they are obsessed with american football in St Kitts and Nevis