Thanks for this, couldn’t make heads or tails after watching. Now that I read your synopsis I better understand some of the subtle symbols. Not so subtle to fans of this musical genre. But opaque for boomer geezer. I knew the Rumpster was present, & my first thought: MAGA y’al got a long way to go
I think the stage design was a video game controller (X,O, square, and triangle buttons, no X symbol in squid games) combined with the Game Over at the end of the performance. He knows how to play the game.
My first thought was Squid Game but idk why. I’ve never seen squid game but it was my first thought. I even play console games so I did think about that eventually.
Don’t forget "The revolution's about to be televised. You picked the right time but the wrong guy." Half of the allure of Kendrick is the references that he hides in his music.
Look here, sugarplum...someone stupid enough to boycott the NFL over political ideology is not someone the NFL should cater to. If they don't want to watch anymore, fine. Fuck 'em. Kendrick Lamar doesn't "perform" edginess. He IS edginess, and that's what he delivered. Get with it or get lost.
I don’t pretend to understand everything I saw (yet, anyway), but I sure AF know it wasn’t “just performative edginess” and sure AF wouldn’t say it as a white person out loud
Honestly I was so proud of him. I'm sure someone had to explain it to Trump . And well now you can't have any pennies ..Also tarrifs ...sigh he is exhausting
Thanks! This helps too. I have to admit I feel pretty stupid. Even though I’m very musical and love being culturally attached. I didn’t even know who Drake was! I will rewatch it when I can find it. I probably missed 80% of that symbolism.I love that the black community is pushing back like this.
We need to unite in our pushback, Black, white, young, old, male, female, trans, catholic, Protestant, atheist, Muslim, Buddhist, everyone, all of us, need to join as ONE. This is the most important thing we’ll ever do in our lives. We can’t let the moment pass. We need an organizer most importantly
I found a video on YouTube that interpreted a lot for this older whyte lady. It was a fabulous and highly intelligent orchestration with a big sprinkle of phenomenal level dancing. I enjoyed the artistic level and relished the intellectual levels after the interpretation
If it requires that much explanation it clearly did not land with everyone. The Superbowl demographic is every color, religion age and sex. This show needed to be explained to 70% of the audience. Great intentions, too much translating.
My daughter watched the game with the singular intention of watching the halftime show. She explained the performance to me, nothing wrong with not understanding the subtleties. Kindly speaking, not everything should be dumbed down and spoon fed. Asking questions and thinking is good.
I heard one line as I was leaving the room, something like “the wrong man”, and I knew this was going to be explosive. I didn’t watch the rest because of circumstances, but I’ll catch it online as soon as it’s available. I’m so happy that this was organized & so effective!! Great job to ALL!!
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