Madonna’s performance last night during the Super Bowl half-time was completely amazing, “epic” as Trent called it. It was mind-blowing! This morning, in the light of day, there is much talk about M.I.A.’s “obscene gesture” of flipping her middle finger up at the camera (see photo below). Now the NFL and NBC are releasing apologies for her action. What do you think of what M.I.A. did?
The 36-year-old rapper (real name: Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam) flipped her middle finger as she performed backup for Madonna, 53, alongside Nicki Minaj for the Material Girl’s new song “Give Me All You Luvin’.” The British/Sri Lankan star also uttered a profanity (“I don’t give a shit”) but the expletive wasn’t heard on the live broadcast. The NFL and NBC alike immediately apologized for the gaffe, which harkened back to Janet Jackson’s infamous nip-slip at the Super Bowl alongside Justin Timberlake 8 years ago. “The Madonna performance last night at Super Bowl half-time was amazing, epic. The obscene gesture in the performance was completely inappropriate, very disappointing and we apologize to our fans,” an NFL spokesman said. Added NBC: “We apologize for the inappropriate gesture that aired during halftime. It was a spontaneous gesture that our delay system caught late.” A $500,000 fine was levied by the Federal Communications Commission against CBS following the infamous Janet Jackson moment.
Inappropriate… obscene…disappointing… ??
My gut feeling is that M.I.A. should not have done it, given that this was a live broadcast to millions of viewers, many of whom are young kids. IMHO, it wasn’t really appropriate for her to throw in the gesture, spontaneous or not. Does this get her off the hook though? This did nothing to take away from Madonna’s incredible, mind-blowing performance though. Lets just hope that this stupid act doesn’t detract from Maddie’s brilliant show!
What do you think of M.I.A.’s gesture, is it worthy of another $500,000 fine?
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