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Halftime Show Criticism Highlights Death of Critical Thinking
Most people missed the depth of the performance
Facebook and Instagram feeds were filled with complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl 59 halftime show.
“Halftime show….. Nope!!!!”
“I would’ve rather see Lil Wayne.”
“Trash.”
“Boring!”
Other comments expressed even harsher and nastier anger I don’t need to repeat here.
I’d like to think most people were upset because Kendrick Lamar was challenging America on the largest television stage we have.
But alas, the comments largely missed the mark on what had transpired. People were mostly upset because they weren’t properly entertained.
It got lost on people that K-Dot’s performance was the biggest protest on American soil. Ever. In front of 203 million people!
The show started with the American Flag created by actual Black people, which a deeper dive reveals was raw symbolism how America was built on the backs of Black people.
Samuel L. Jackson dressed as Uncle Sam was there to represent the sanitized version of America. The one that makes us all comfortable. So long as you play the game the way you’re…
