ghost of miles Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 (edited) I'm going to bare my teet at the Jammie Awards tonight. Jammies are on a five-second delay tonight. Ya know, I think that would just encourage me... kind of like the order that came down once here at the library to put up signs that said, "Do not write on the walls." Guess what happened? Edited February 3, 2004 by ghost of miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 (edited) Yeah, did everybody see/hear the drug commercials? One of the drug commercials talked about "4 hour erections" Prime Time!!!!! Guess you can explain that to your kids too... Edited February 3, 2004 by Tjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 It's okay for the sponsors to allow a song with lyrics having to do with tearing off a woman's clothes, but it's not okay for it to actually be done.  I mean, isn't it basically the same thing? Maybe next year they can have a tribute to Johhny Cash and somebody can REALLY shoot a man in Reno just to watch him die... Okay, I didn't quite phrase my point right. It's okay to choreograph trashy and suggestive song lyrics, but it's not okay to show a tit. How's that? Oh, I forgot... And I shall now add a.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted February 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 "I don't get it. During the Super Bowl, I saw commercials for toilet paper stating that the product was stronger for "your end zone." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 3, 2004 Report Share Posted February 3, 2004 (edited) NFL and CBS claimed they had no idea that an MTV-produced halftime special would turn out the way it did. What rock do THEY live under? Edited February 3, 2004 by Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleM Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 The LINGERIE Bowl was really amusing, but also really annoying. We placed the pay-per-view order right before halftime of the real game, and then all that they showed during that segment was a bunch of interviews with a couple of coke-heads that organized the event. And then when it came time for the game, I only got to see a little bit of it. The images that stand out are a bunch of models bending over in their panties at the line of scrimmage. There was one <sort of> fight between a couple girls, which drew a few chuckles. Angie Everhardt was punishingly annoying, but also really hot. It was love and hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Why don't they sell baby blinders for use during breast feeding? It's ok to shove a tit into a baby's mouth, but all hell and outrage breaks loose when one breast is bared for such a brief moment that the networks had to make a loop of it! Ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 NFL and CBS claimed they had no idea that an MTV-produced halftime special would turn out the way it did. What rock do THEY live under? Black Rock, remember? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 It's ok to shove a tit into a baby's mouth Actually, in many places this is still controversial. I'm not going to hunt things down on Google, but I'm sure we've all seen/heard stories about people being offended when mother's have the nerve to breastfeed in public. It's amazing how much focus is given to women's breasts in America, yet how frightened everyone seems to be when they actually see one! Does anyone know how this country is able to constitutionally ban showing a woman's breast on tv but not a man's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 Hey, I personally support banning the public display of men's breasts. Hey, if they're big enough to be called breasts, tell fatty to put a shirt on! Women's breasts, on the other hand... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 When you go the beach in France in the summer, at least half of the women there are bare-breasted. All this is taken very naturally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 When you go the beach in France in the summer, at least half of the women there are bare-breasted. All this is taken very naturally. over here in the former GDR, the other half doesn't wear anything at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 nipple shields Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 nipple shields Did Janet have a nipple shield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 nipple shields Did Janet have a nipple shield? check the super bore/bowl thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 4, 2004 Report Share Posted February 4, 2004 nipple shields Did Janet have a nipple shield? Oh yes.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 from Access Hollywood: Janet Out Of Grammys! POSTED: 1:23 PM PST February 4, 2004 Janet Jackson's peep show is still getting plenty of play, and Access Hollywood has learned that Janet will not be appearing at Sunday's Grammy Awards. Miss Jackson finally faced the music for her Super Bowl Flashdance, saying she was wrong for making a last minute change to her performance. "I am really sorry if I offended anyone. That was truly not my intention, " said Jackson in a broadcast statement. The "wardrobe malfunction" put the singer's camp in overdrive prompting her publicist to create a premeditated taped message available to media outlets. Janet recorded the video statement in Los Angeles Tuesday night and then released it at 10:30 p.m PST. Janet shot the public apology just after her Essence Magazine cover shoot with Mary J. Blige and Beyonce. Janet was set to introduce the Luther Vandross Tribute at the Grammys, but CBS has allegedly retracted the invitation. In response to the Super Bowl slip, CBS will air the Grammys with up to a five-minute delay so that nothing questionable will make it on the air. And for the first time ever, ABC may implement a five-second delay when they broadcast the Academy Awards. Some stars were weighing in on Janet's peek-a-boo performance at the premiere for Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's "50 First Dates." Comedian Jon Lovitz told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson that Justin's "revealing" strip was indeed unintentional. "You think it was a wardrobe malfuntion?" Shaun asked Jon. "That's exactly what it was. That's just a fact. Adam Sandler's manager Sandy Warnick was at the Super Bowl with the wardrobe person when it happened," explained Jon. "She freaked out and said, 'Oh no!' because it wasn't supposed to happen. She had that red thing underneath but it got ripped away -- that's all." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Another perspective: From the Chicago Tribune Ripped bodice just an act, but violence isn't Mary Schmich There's one thing worse than having had to watch the Janet & Justin Super Bowl Peep Show on Sunday. That's having to endure the social predicament of not having watched it. "What did you think of Janet's bared breast?" is the question of the week, and if you want to stay socially afloat, you have to muster an opinion, preferably an indignant one, even if you missed the show altogether. Actually, I and the 200 million other Americans who didn't watch the halftime strip show didn't miss it altogether. We couldn't. The unilateral exposure of Janet Jackson's pierced breast has gotten the kind of publicity you'd think would be reserved for finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. "Hey, man, we love giving you all something to talk about," Justin Timberlake said shortly after ripping Jackson's clothing, proving that he may be crude but he's also shrewd: Never underestimate the desire of the public to be morally inflamed, particularly when it's mixed with entertainment. The J&J Super Bowl Peep Show has given us not only something to talk about, it's given us everything to talk about. Even the show's most ardent critics have to admit it has made for fun discussions that roam the full social range. It seems that every aspect of modern life, except for affordable housing, can be viewed through the nanosecond sighting of Jackson's right breast. Among the topics I've heard raised: 1. The gender gap. Men look at her nipple shield and say some version of "Wow." Women look, cross their arms over their chests and whimper, "Ow." 2. The generation gap. If you said, "What's a nipple shield?" you are on the gray side of the gap. If you said, "What's a nipple broach?" you may prove you've read the shield's delicate appellation in the New York Times, but that doesn't make you any younger. You're also on the gray side if you responded by deploring the sexual crudity of the entire younger generation. "I have officially become an old fart," said an acquaintance who had seized the courage to be unapologetically disgusted by the show even though he feared his reaction dates him. He's still young enough to know that two simple words remind anyone older than Jackson that every generation's sexuality shocks the older ones: Rolling Stones. 3. Terrorism. Where was John Ashcroft when American families needed protection from the terror of such tacky entertainment? 4. Plastic surgery. The debate over Jackson rages: Implants or no? And isn't it eerie how much Michael now looks like his sister? 5. Linguistics. "Wardrobe malfunction," Timberlake's explanation for the exposure, may strike some as the kind of language gobbledygook favored by business and political personages. But anyone who suffers from wardrobe malfunctions--buttons that pop off after meals or zippers neglected after bathroom breaks--is glad to know what to call them. Flashers will no doubt be using "wardrobe malfunction" as a defense in court. 6. The economy. Untold hours of American productivity have been lost by workers who've done nothing for two days but discuss Jackson's breast. 7. Race. Black woman, white man, sex. In this case, it's hard to see that race matters much, but in this country, that remains a volatile mix. 8. Parenting. It's hard enough to protect the kids from Internet porn and prime-time sleaze, but shouldn't Sunday afternoon on CBS be safe? 9. Grandparenting. Forget the kids. They've seen worse. It's the old folks whose affronted sensibilities should concern us. It's fair to worry about the coarsening of pop culture. I do. But the aspect of the peep show that I've heard discussed the least is the one that most troubles me. The problem is less that she bared a breast than how that breast was bared. A man ripped off a woman's clothes. The woman cowered in mock fear. It was another example of sexual assault turned into entertainment, an "act" in perfect harmony with the misogynistic Super Bowl ads, which included a horse farting in a woman's face. That's worth talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 7. Race. Black woman, white man, sex. In this case, it's hard to see that race matters much, but in this country, that remains a volatile mix. Speaking of that..... Halftime show went too far CBS, NFL should share in blame for R-rated performance Kevin B. Blackistone, sports columnist for The Dallas Morning News. It wasn't enough for CBS and the NFL on Sunday to insult the sensibilities of many who make up what is usually the largest single-event TV-watching audience in the country. By Monday morning, both had insulted our intelligence as well: The television network and the football league said they were shocked and outraged that Justin Timberlake ripped open Janet Jackson's top at the end of the Super Bowl halftime, exposing Janet's right breast and jeweled nipple. Just because it is nicknamed the boob tube, no pun intended, doesn't mean that all of us who sit before a television set are idiots. Most of us know what the Super Bowl has become. It is a grand competition, but less for the NFL's championship than for our pocketbooks. It's about introducing new products and reminding of old ones. It's about keeping eyes glued to the screen for as long as possible, especially when our modern-day gladiators take those few minutes of respite called halftime, giving the rest of us a chance to tune out and even stay away if the proceedings haven't been compelling. A number of years ago, however, television and the NFL conspired to close that mid-game escape hatch. They started bringing the hottest acts in pop music to halftime to make it as much can't-miss TV as the game and to cash in on what is a $170 billion youth industry that can sustain them deep into this century. Super Bowl Halftime XXXVIII wasn't just over the top, though. It may have been only a breast and only for a second. In Europe or South America, it wouldn't be such a big deal. But this is prudish America. That was a cheap act to create excitement that wound up marring the game. To be sure, much of the TV, radio and water-cooler talk Monday morning wasn't about the thrilling and classy contest the Patriots and Panthers staged. Instead, most of the chatter was about Janet Jackson being partially disrobed by Justin Timberlake. That classless act trumped Kid Rock running onto stage wearing an American flag like it was a poncho. Where have all the flag-waving Americans gone since 9/11? And to think, NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue preached just the other day against over-the-top demonstrations by players that he suggested had no place in the game. Dear NFL players: Do as you wish; the league does. CBS and the NFL ought to apologize to the Patriots and Panthers for stealing attention from their performance. They shouldn't spend a breath expressing their surprise at what happened. The halftime show the network and NFL signed off on was produced by MTV. Last I checked, the same conglomerate that owns CBS, Viacom, owned MTV. It was just a few months ago that MTV had the nation talking about the French kiss between Madonna and Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards. MTV even promoted its halftime production by stating something "shocking" would occur. Any wonder why Janet Jackson's nipple was adorned and Justin Timberlake sang he'd have her naked by song's end? They were prepared. This was premeditated. Like she admitted Monday. This is the reason much of MTV's programming comes with parental advisory warnings and everyone who can see or hears knows it. CBS and the NFL can't feign ignorance. They know very well every little ingredient in their big show, but this one was an eye-popper that kept everyone glued to the screen for commentary or explanations. It was exactly what the network and the league wanted, as much attention as possible. I've fallen into their trick bag headfirst. But what CBS and the NFL demonstrated was hypocrisy at its highest. They refused to show MoveOn.org's political ad depicting children working off the deficit mounting under the current administration. They argued that politics has no place in such programming and then aired no-smoking ads. But sexual innuendo and female nudity, apparently, are just fine with CBS and the NFL, even dropped without warning in front of kids who can't buy certain CDs or get into many movies without consent of their parents. And why would they care anyway, given that the woman who was being pursued on stage like an animal in heat and consented to being degraded was black and the man doing the degradation was white? Imagine the hue and cry had that been, say, rapper 50 Cent ripping off Hilary Duff's top. It all conjured images of what Zora Neale Hurston, the late anthropologist and author, termed paramour rights, a sexual subservience in which black women of the antebellum and Jim Crow South often found themselves at the hands of masters and homeowners. Janet Jackson should know that when Sojourner Truth bared her breast to a raucous audience it was an act of defiance, not sad compliance. But that's pop culture, totally divorced from common sense and reality because all that matters to it is visibility and renown. And that's what the NFL has allowed the Super Bowl to become. I long for the days when as a sport fan I got more tussle at an event than tassel. Maybe Super Bowl Halftime XXXVIII was so embarrassing that I'll get that again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Nice article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepe Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Re most pop singers: I prefer their tits to their music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 All this brouhaba about the Janet Jackson SuperBowl appearance is one more proof that the United States is on another planet Looks like this is the biggest thing that hit the USA since September 11, 2001. At least, that's what Lycos is reporting in its count of internet hits. Unbelievable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connoisseur series500 Posted February 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Re most pop singers: I prefer their tits to their music. You know, I'm willing to bet that the majority of people feel the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Re most pop singers: I prefer their tits to their music. You know, I'm willing to bet that the majority of people feel the same way. Music? What music? I can't even name one of her albums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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