BRUNO MARS at half-time. New York Times photo 2/3/14 by Barton Silverman
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
1. What happened to the cheerleaders? Have they been dumped because of allegations of financial abuses and other humiliations by pro teams? Did you miss them?
2. Did it bother anybody that there were no women in the half time show—especially those who are scantily clad (like at the Emmys?) or who have wardrobe malfunctions (like Janet Jackson) Was this some kind of social engineering messaging about how women are portrayed on big-time TV?
Why do you think that women do the on-field interviews, while none appear in the commentator booths?
3. Is Bruno Mars an exciting talent? I think he is. Did you think that the half time show was superb? I do.
4. I liked the ketchup commercial and the big bear in the store eating yogurt commercial. Which commercial did you think was wonderful?
5. Remember when the Seattle player exclaimed, “We’re going to New Jersey!” How come everybody laughed? I enjoyed the scenes of downtown East Rutherford.
Did you notice that this event wasn’t portrayed as a New York City happening. The Big Apple didn’t come up—-it was beamed to the world as a New Jersey Super Bowl. We got some respect now. Didn’t we?
6. The National Anthem performed by a first class singer: Renee Fleming. Wasn’t that great? Do you care how the Star Spangled Banner is sung at big time events?
7. Fox had the Declaration of Independence read in the beginning, and there were other patriotic elements as well. Did you like this patriotic thematic material repeating during the show, including in some commercials? Did you appreciate the Budweiser tribute to a Florida soldier returning home?
BRUNO MARS: “Just the Way You Are” performed at the Super Bowl tonight.