A very disjointed and poor halftime show it was, (but what else is new). The thing about the revelation of the boob that confuses me, is that if it wasn’t meant to happen, then what a lackluster finale for the show it would have been. I seriously thought that ending the show on Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation with hundreds of performers on stage makes more sense as a finale than to just end with a duet.
I think it’s technically sexual assult. If i had kids, i’d be outraged because of that, not because of the nudity. Like i want my sons to think they can go around ripping off women’s clothes, or daughters to think they should let boys do that.
I think the main think missing is the “explanation” for how the show was intended to finish. Justin did reach over and grab her costume and pull, but aside from the vague “costume malfunction” answer, nothing has been said about how it was supposed to work had it been successful.
I think that whatever was planned was something that both Janet and Justin were aware of, (as well as the choreographer who had promised in an MTV interview before the event that there would be some surprises), even if it was kept from the networks.
I can reveal that the entire breast was meant to come off, finally revealing that Janet is in fact Michael Jackson in drag.
So now there is a trend to “shock” people so some “star” can get extra publicity, not for their talent, but for shocking.
Once This becomes every day, what next?
Talk about a slippery slope! 
So let’s review
Commercials during the game show us variously a man getting bitten in the crotch, a horse farting flame and scorching a young lady, men throwing various junk out of the back of a truck and cars frantically dodging the detritus, a young boy saying “Oh shit”, cars being driven obscenely fast, priapism by prescription with see Alice (and if it lasts over four hours you could be deboned :eek: ), and a man pulled up on stage by a bunch of “grotesques”.
The game reveals lots of emotion, close ups of angry players, at least one bloody nose and lots of pushing and shoving outside of the line of scrimmage.
As other folks have pointed out, Kid Rock desecrated an American Flag by cutting a hole in it and when he took it off it was tossed on the stage behind him.
As far as I’m concerned the boob was just a symbol of this morass of excess.
Let me add one more thing here…I do not consider myself a prude. I laughed at the commercials. I enjoyed the game. I couldn’t stand the half time show. I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy of making such an issue out of an exposed tit.
Not to be politically incorrect, but did anybody else think this looked like a scene from Mandingo: The Musical? I’m surprised it hasn’t caused a much greater outcry of racism and Al Sharpton screaming that it’s encouraging white boys to rape black girls, but then it’s only a day old.
The true tragedy was that Janet didn’t rip off Justin’s pants to reveal assless chaps. Now THAT would have been both art and proof of a benevolent deity.
If he’d gone up to some random woman and ripped a chunk of her shirt off, that might be sex assault. Of course, that’s not what happened.
Shoot me now, eh…??
(and that Brute better lay off me for posting this!!)
FCC Is Investigating Entire Super Bowl Show
Halftime Performance Faces Indecency Standards Test
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A5746-2004Feb2?language=printer
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(just the link is enough, buddy. No need to post the entire copyrighted article. – Uke, Cafe Society mod)
Don’t forget, CBS saved you the horror of watching a 30-second commercial from MoveOn.org that was critical of the President! :eek: :rolleyes:
No no, “morass” would be the other end. 
Now they’re saying that only the red lacy part was supposed to be revealed.
That’s odd. Since I saw a picture of the ripped-off part of the costume that JT had in his hand and you could clearly see that the red lace was only near the top of the black part of the bustier. I would post the picture if I were technologically inclined. Or I could post the page where I saw it, but I don’t know the rules about posting a page from another message board.
What bothers me isn’t the boob, it’s the blatant manipulation of the Super Bowl to promote her upcoming album. It’s disgusting what they are willing to do for publicity. It’s a pathetic cry for attention on MTV’s and Janet’s parts. Again, it’s not the boob that irks me, it’s the fact that it was used to promote an album. It also opens the door for more explicit displays in the coming years. Someone (most likely Christina Aguilera) is probably already planning what they will do to top it.
[Butthead]You said “Janet’s parts”.[/Butthead]
First, “horrified” is a bit strong. No one should be “horrified” at an exposed breast. On the other hand, anyone who equates this with nursing mothers, or even topless sunbathers, is being obtuse: the context here was overtly sexual.
And there are plenty of places where one can see exposed breasts, and I’m all for that. But a football game halftime show shouldn’t be one of them. I think MTV/CBS, in their hot pursuit of the 18-49 year old male demographic, forgot for a moment that they were reaching an audience far more vast and broad than the usual fans of TRL & Spring Break.
I think NuttyBunny hit the nail on the head. Of all the words used to describe this, the best was one (of many) used by the FCC Chairman: “crass”
I think this was a new attempt to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable on regular TV. If it had worked, woohoo, porn at primetime within 5 years. But if it had failed, which it did, they had all these lame pathetic backstepping excuses ready at hand, and would have to pay the half-million fine.
Something I’m thinking. Janet had this spikey metal thing firmly attached to her nipple, presumably by a piercing. She was wearing clothing, and possibly lacy clothing, over said spikey metal thing. Said clothing was ripped off, suddenly, from the side. Wasn’t anyone concerned that it might snag?
And am I the only one who’s wondering what the AC bonus is from a nipple shield?
YES!! Woohoo!!! Hot damn!
As a quetson, I just wonder if it was Britney Spears boob that popped out instead of Janet’s would everyone be in a uproar about it? I have my doubts…
I think Justin Timberlake has already removed Britney Spears’s top, though.