BY MIKEY MIGO
At the Super Bowl we were “treated” to a half time show by Madonna. I thought it sucked, but a lot of people didn’t. That’s not the point here today. She had a slew of guests on stage with her, but one of her guests took it upon herself to, as they say in wrestling, “go into business for himself”… or “herself” in this case.
M.I.A. flipped off the camera. A lame middle finger. It’s not like we’ve not seen one of those before. It just seemed so pathetic. It’s OBVIOUSLY a thought out publicity stunt. It’s a “look at me! look at me! I’m being rebellious and vulgar” thing. This is M.I.A. though. This is what she does. She’s like the Tila Tequila of music. M.I.A. does this shit all the time, but just not on a big grand stage like the Super Bowl. The Janet Jackson nip-slip thing was WAY worse and got TONS more attention. This proves there IS a difference between “cheap stunt” and “trashy stunt”.
Before it could really settle in, it’s been taken care of. There was some news about it, but Madonna herself dropped a statement on a radio show, "I understand it’s punk rock and everything, but to me there was such a feeling of love and good energy, and positivity, it seemed negative. It’s such a teenager ... irrelevant thing to do ... there was such a feeling of love and unity there. What was the point?"
Madonna has done her share of stunts too. She knows how to work the media with the best of them. In one swoop she washed her hands of it, got on the public’s side, and discredited the actions of M.I.A. I SERIOUSLY don’t think the word “irrelevant” was used on accident. Harsh! Proving once again, you don’t screw with Madge!
I’m sure M.I.A. does have talent and skill, but outside of that pseudo-catchy “Paper Planes” song she hasn’t had much break through success. The lack of another hit track aside, I think a main reason this is going on is because she’s such a dumb and unpleasant person. She’s that annoying insecure teenager who’s acting out in any way possible in order to get attention. Let’s just not give it to her. I know, I’m a hypocrite for dedicating this much time to her. I’m not going to go any farther though. I’m just saying its obvious what she’s doing and if all just collectively turn our heads and ignore her she’ll go back to being someone else’s problem.
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