# Super Bowl Halftime Show
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 8, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506 "2016-02-08T01:32:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/61 "2016-02-09T16:32:03Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> And I don’t even get Beyoncé’s appeal. Can anyone hum a song of hers from after 2008?
I agree. I don’t understand why(or if) anyone thinks she is super talented. Very forgetable. She could be a backup singer.
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### Author:  [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/62 "2016-02-09T17:04:03Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> She could be a backup singer.
A good way to describe her choreography.
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### Author:  [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/63 "2016-02-09T17:13:37Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> Yeah, I mean, holy crap, I was embarrassed for Coldplay there. That dude jumped up and down a lot and **sang a U2 knockoff song** ; the best part about his number was the pretty twirling umbrellas that people who weren’t him twirled.
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> Then Beyonce and Bruno Mars had a goddamned dance battle, and it was AWESOME. and at the very end, Coldplay dude popped his head in between them with a goofy grin, like “Hey guys! Whatcha doin? Can I hang out with you?”
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> His part would’ve been a lot better if Mr. Bean had played it.
Ha, I see I’m not the only one who thinks Coldplay sounds exactly like U2.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/64 "2016-02-09T17:16:50Z")
Wait, Beyonce was dancing on screen in skimpy clothing, and somebody actually noticed the hairstyle of her backup dancers?
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/65 "2016-02-09T18:29:54Z")
Well, I was ogling the backup dancers at the same time I was ogling Beyoncé. If they were actually performing a song, I didn’t notice.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/66 "2016-02-09T21:55:38Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Judging by [this](http://www.fashiongonerogue.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Beyonce-Super-Bowl-2016-Black-Leather-DSquared2-Outfit2.jpg), I’d say it’s just you. I’ll admit her getup is played out, but I’m not seeing any fat there.
Wow, that’s some serious optical illusion. She’s clearly not bulging out at all, but from a head-on perspective it looked ginormous.
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### Author:  [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/67 "2016-02-10T00:07:37Z")
> [@EllisDee](#):
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> Wow, that’s some serious optical illusion. She’s clearly not bulging out at all, but from a head-on perspective it looked ginormous.
Actually, after I posted that I saw another photo- which may have been the one you saw - and she did appear to have a bit of a pooch; just like one of us mere mortals!🙂
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/68 "2016-02-10T00:24:50Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Actually, after I posted that I saw another photo- which may have been the one you saw - and she did appear to have a bit of a pooch; just like one of us mere mortals!🙂
She may have been at a point where her core was relaxed.
I once saw a side view shot of a Tour of France rider, someone who usually looks like he’s made of pipe cleaners. The shot caught him at full inhale while belly breathing. He looked like he had a keg rather than a six pack.
While I wouldn’t say she’s slender, she has a very athletic and trim build.
And that photo you linked to does not feature the ass of a fat woman.
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### Author:  [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2016, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-halftime-show/745506/69 "2016-02-10T09:17:29Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> Actually, after I posted that I saw another photo- which may have been the one you saw - and she did appear to have a bit of a pooch; just like one of us mere mortals!🙂
I saw no photos; just commenting on how she looked on tv during the performance.
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