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Before the Super Bowl halftime show last Sunday, Kendrick Lamar said people could expect “storytelling.”
“I’ve always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music,” he continued. “And I’ve always had a passion about bringing that on whatever stage I’m on.”
As Emily Ferguson notes, the rapper’s performance on February 9 was a major storytelling extravaganza, more like an extended music video than your typical halftime show. And the reviews are still coming in via comments on the Westword Facebook page of Ferguson’s review. Says David:
And that’s what we teach kids. We need to bring back family entertainment for halftime shows: This was bad because he was talking about killing! Fighting and other gang-related terms. Kids see this stuff and we wonder why the world is jacked.
Responds Willie:
Kendrick killed it. Go cry in your Coors Light.
Counters Bob:
Sad what America regards as talent anymore. The bar was been lowered to the bottom. That was the worst half-time show in TV history. It sucked big time.
Replies Marcus:
The bar was “lowered” to a Pulitzer Prize-winning musician…I guess we should’ve had Kid Rock…
Wonders Molly:
Would you have preferred Bob Hope?
Notes Aaron:
I’m sure there was some eighty-year-old grandpa saying the same thing about The Beach Boys back in their heyday, too.
Offers Audrey:
It’s up there with the halftime a few years ago with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
Adds Margaret:
Absolutely loved the halftime show. They understood the assignment and executed it perfectly.
Observes Dane:
Not my thing musically; NOLA has so many hip-hop and bounce acts that could have done better. Visually and thematically, striking. Though I feel that most of the subject matter is going to be glanced over and potentially forgotten; all anyone is talking about is the Drake diss.And this from
And then there’s this from Brendan:
People still watch the halftime show?
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