When watching the Super Bowl 50, many people saw the performance as a positive message towards love and being yourself. In reality, it was just a way for Beyonce to promote a negative message.
The day after the Super Bowl when I was on Youtube watching the headlining performance again, I noticed there was more of a message besides what just Coldplay was promoting. The lyrics of Beyonce's new song "Formation" is a black-power anthem, a fitting contribution to Black History Month and the movement called "Black Lives Matter."
When Beyonce came out on stage, her and her back up dances were dressed and in position to what looked like a connection to the revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization, "The Black Panthers". For the Super Bowl being a game of American football, the negative remarks to "Black Lives Matter" was uncalled for. American families watch the Super Bowl for a great game of football, not to be insulted by a half time performance.
We for real just don't need this kind of tension in the media. Some of us just want to watch a football game, a cool half time show, and get on with our lives. But with all the media backlash she has gotten, she completed her goal. We are giving her the attention she wanted. JS.
ReplyDeleteWe for real just don't need this kind of tension in the media. Some of us just want to watch a football game, a cool half time show, and get on with our lives. But with all the media backlash she has gotten, she completed her goal. We are giving her the attention she wanted. JS.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what would happen if someone created the same extravagant performance with such dominant themes, but for a different cause. Would it have the same effect?
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