So what did you all think of Madonna’s halftime performance at the Superbowl? Does she still have it, or no? I vote no.
Man, I wanted Madonna to be awesome. I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. I’ve danced around my room to the Immaculate Collection more times than I can count. I laid on a beach during vacation listening to nothing besides Ray of Light. Madonna is iconic. She’s simply amazing. So, I figured her performance would either be incredible or horrible. It was by no means incredible, and I shudder to say it was horrible, but truth hurts sometimes.
Where to begin? How about with something positive? That’s nice. I liked the Vogue beginning. Love the song, loved what they did visually. All around WIN! Oh, one more WIN = Madonna’s makeup.
OK, now to get into everything else. First up, her shoes. I didn’t mind them. I didn’t think they were too high, too provocative, or overtly anything. They went with her gothic get-ups and generally, I was a fan. What I was not a fan of was the fact that she couldn’t walk in them. Dear Madonna, this is why we have dress rehearsals – to practice such things and make adjustments if things aren’t working. Madonna stated that much attention to detail was taken when designing her wardrobe for the performance so as to avoid a wardrobe malfunction. Well, not being able to walk in your shoes is a malfunction in my book. FAIL.
At one point, there was a tightrope walker. Generally, the idea is kind of cool. Who doesn’t love Cirque du Soleil? Despite him doing some pretty cool tricks for about 15 seconds, this little bit just didn’t have enough for me to consider it a strength in her performance. For one thing, why was the guy wearing a dress? I could see a Greek robe type thing, but this costume was severely dress-like. And why did he have a curly ‘fro? I didn’t get it. Was he supposed to be androgynous? I just didn’t understand what the point of this part of her show was. FAIL.
Nicki Minaj, MIA, and Madonna. Interesting, but OK. Pom-pons? Really? Why? How does that make sense? I kept asking myself why on earth Madonna was dancing around with pom-pons, looking as juvenile as she was acting. The least you could do is straighten your arms! As an ex-dance coach, this repulsed me. The entire bit wasn’t all horrible, though, since Nicki’s rap was good, and MIA managed to flip off the camera. Overall, though….FAIL.
LMFAO. I love LMFAO! How cool for them to collaborate with Madonna. The biggest oddity I found was Madonna bouncing up and down on their shoulders. Really? Madonna used to be able to dance. Like for real dance. Now she’s bouncing around like a kid looking like an idiot? Cool for LMFAO, pitiful for Madonna. Sorry. FAIL.
I heard a rumor that Cee-Lo Green was supposed to help revive Madonna’s career – make her more relevant. If this was supposed to be relevant…then….
…anyway, I think Cee-Lo is generally great. I can get past the fact that he looks like a T-Rex and has super short arms and just an oddly shaped body. Really, I can. I have even grown to expect sparkly robes such as the one he wore during the halftime show. My confusion (although I guess I shouldn’t really be confused) lies in Madonna’s wardrobe choice. What was with the long gothic robe? I swore she was going to rip it off at some point, and actually found myself disappointed when she didn’t. Meh. FAIL.
Finally, the ending. Did anybody else feel like Madonna slipped into the underworld at the end? She’s singing Like a Prayer (awesome jam), which is all religious and godly, yadda yadda yadda….and then she disappears by falling beneath the stage in the a puff of smoke….while wearing a strange dark cape. One can really assume that the devil rescued her from this epic failure of a show. Wait. It did end with “World Peace” lit up. Meh. Underwhelming. I still vote FAIL.
I’m not even going to get into the fact that Madonna was clearly lip-synching the entire. I’ve grown to expect that sort of thing from live television. I can’t really fault them for this so it was a non-issue for me. And because I still respect Madonna as the Material Girl, I’m going to refrain from posting more pictures of her embarrassing herself by “dancing” or “walking.” But if you ever read this, Madonna, please go back to your roots. That’s when you rocked it.
Everyone else, what did you think of the show?
