The Cycle | February 05, 2013
Cupp: Like it or not, we all got a lap dance during the Super Bowl halftime show
S.E. Cupp wonders why Super Bowl halftime shows, like Beyonce’s amazing yet sexually-charged performance, have to be so overly sexualized and tells us that whether the audience liked it or not, “we are all the collective lap” being danced on during the halftime show.
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>> luncheon on the grass . upon its 1863 's debut the paris salon rejected it for its shocking nudity. 150 years later it's hanging prominently in a museum. not only unshocking but resoundingly accepted as one of the most influential paintings of the period. sex offends and sells no matter the era. in the late 1990s the young british artists sensation exit featuring he can police sexual works managed to whip up controversy. but the commentary that motivates many artists evades on other two rely on cheap references to sex. as stand ins for intellectual discourse. let me bring us up to the current decade. on sunday night beyonce dazzled super bowl viewers, millions of them w a high energy performance of some of her best loved songs, and though it was an exciting performance, well sung and danced, it was also punctuated not infrektly by aggressively sexual gyrations, crotch grabs, and a suggestiveness that would only qualify as mere suggestion in a strip club . she isn't alone and hers was mild compared to others. if you saw madonna, britney spears , nicki minute jage, janet jackson , you know that these performances are often skimpily clad lap dances and whether we asked for it or not we are all the collective lap. fun for some, i'm sure, but super bowl producers should know that women are also watching. so are dudes who like dudes. so are really old people and so are children. sex appeal is all some performers have but beyonce is no half talent pop-tart. it struck me as odd that someone to immensely talented would choose to make her sex appeal the main attraction. watching her sing "single ladies" her ode to female empowerment and self worthwhile humping the stage and flashing her lady bits to the camera was a strange, sad commentary on what she must not know about herself, that she's too good for that. i don't need to beethoven's ninth symphony at the super bowl . steve wants to bring back the traditions of marching bands. i realize we might be too far gone to book the wholesome and corny up with people kids from the halftimes of the '70s and '80s but it should be fun, the kind of fun all audiences and the whole family can enjoy. now get off my