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Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime

CTListener said:
Did Estefan sing anything in Spanish on that show, or did she stick to her English-language hits?
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I did not answer this as I don't know and I'm unsure of where an authentic playlist for the event might be found. Of course, the Zchimp can write one for us...
 
davideduardo said:
At that time, in the 60's, the whole nation was afraid of Russia and did not want them to have a base in Cuba. When Kennedy was in office we still had CONELRAD where stations would all switch to either 640 and 1240 so the Russians could not track their missiles on any specific city or station. Fear and hatred of Russia and communism was bipartisan.
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there were also more liberal Republicans, conservative Democrats, and moderates in both parties
 
davideduardo said:
The name "Gloria" does not sound Cuban. The name "Estefan" does not sound a lot like a Latin American name as most unknowing people are not familiar at all with the name.
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Regardless of her name or fame, she's afraid to speak Spanish in public now:
consequence.net

Gloria Estefan Always Carries Her Passport "Just in Case"

Gloria Estefan has revealed that she carries her passport "just in case," explaining she is "wary of what's happening" with ICE arrests.
consequence.net consequence.net
 
nomadcowatbk said:
he's a native of Progress Island USA
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To a person who spent much of his life on the Island and who has a huge Puerto Rican extended family, those comments inserted into the video are nasty and offensive.
 
Back to the regularly scheduled halftime show, and a new promo is out. It showcases diversity and happiness, so it will undoubtedly irk the people outraged at his selection.

 
TheBigA said:
Meanwhile, the NFL has lifted its ban on Barstool's Dave Portnoy from attending the Super Bowl:

barrettmedia.com

NFL Lifts Reported Ban on Dave Portnoy Attending Super Bowl

"An NFL spokesperson confirmed to Front Office Sports that Portnoy is permitted to purchase a ticket for the game that features the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks."
barrettmedia.com barrettmedia.com

He's a die-hard Patriots fan.
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I remember Barstool Sports when it was a free weekly tabloid. I used to pick it up occasionally at Suffolk Downs, the now-defunct Boston horse track, as did many others. Its blue-collar, politically incorrect take on Boston sports -- along with its photos of scantily clad women -- made the paper a popular item among the primarily blue-collar crowd the track would attract.
 
TheBigA said:
Some background on why the NFL stood by its decision to have Bad Bunny do the Super Bowl halftime show:

www.espn.com

Why the NFL stood by Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show

The NFL has stood by its decision to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show despite Trump administration criticism.
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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That is a very biased report. First, no matter what the NFL believes, "football" in the rest of the world is what we call "soccer". While there is a minimal following for American football outside the US, the NFL fails to recognize why there are some fans in places like Mexico where a survey of those attending one of the Mexican games found that the vast majority of ticket buyers had attended college in the U.S. and had acquired a taste for the game (but the other 364 days of the year the were soccer fans).

Second, Bad Bunny is not an "international icon". He is very popular among Spanish speaking youth, predominantly in the nations surrounding the Caribbean Basin. Once you get away from that zone, his interest declines rapidly. On the other hand, Shakira is a huge name not just for Spanish language songs, but those in English that have been hits worldwide; she did the theme song for the African World Cup in fact. And Jennifer López is a certifiable international movie star, although she has also had a lot of hits... nearly all in English.

Sure, the NFL will get more and more Hispanic following among U.S. Hispanics, particularly later generation ones as the current big wave of migration has born-here children who learn to follow American football among their peers at school.

As a sidebar, one of Bad Bunny's political positions is the independence of Puerto Rico. In all the plebiscites on statehood / commonwealth / independence, independence had only gotten low single digit preferences. A saying in Puerto Rico is "if you are young and don't believe in independence, you have no soul. If you are older and still believe in independence, you have no brain."
 


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