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Key Points:

  • A Republican congressman is requesting a formal investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show.
  • Rep. Andy Ogles described the performance as “pure smut” and claimed it featured illegal content for public airways.
  • The performance was one of the most-watched halftime show in history and was performed almost entirely in Spanish.
  • Other Republican politicians, including former President Donald Trump, also criticized the show as inappropriate.

Other Sources:

  • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    20 days ago

    I cannot stress how much these people should be made incompatible with leadership.

    A criminal investigation in a thing that was plainly televised?? At fucking worst, you check existing laws about obscenity. What is there to investigate?

    An unconscionable, baldfaced waste of time and resources for personal grievance.

    • glorkon@lemmy.world
      7·
      20 days ago

      As a German, the first thing that came to my mind when reading this, was the term “Entartete Kunst”.

    • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
      1·
      20 days ago

      This is what I was wondering. What exactly is there to investigate? I read the article and it doesn’t say. I saw talk about gyrations and crotch-grabbing though.

      It almost reads like some republicans felt a stirring in their loins and now they want an excuse to watch the show over and over again.