WARDROBE MALFUNCTION!

http://www.alanrichards.org/images/pasty4.gif ???

I dunno. I think something was definetely supposed to happen (i.e. why else would Justin have reached out to grab'n'rip), but perhaps more came off than was expected. Why would MTV deliberately dabble in such shenanigans on network television during "family time". It's one thing to do that on the MTV Awards or something, but the Superbowl ropes in a larger, Bible-bangin', flat-earthin', slackjawed, ultra-conservative, creationist audience, and OF COURSE said demographic would get up in arms at the sight of some exposed naughty bits. I know MTV style themselves as all about "shakin' things up", but that seems a bit too foolhardy. I dunno. Jury's still out. But once agian, B.F.D.!

Holy Milli Vanilli, surely not a piercing? I mean, that's one poking pastie, but I would have thought it was only stuck on. The boob covering has come off very neatly though - Maybe they _were_ both supposed to come out. Nothing like asymmetry to enrage a conservative audience, after all.

mtv didn't necessarily need to be involved

The FCC. Michael Powell has vowed that there will be a thorough and swift inquisition investigation.

I already made the grassy knoll joke elsewhere dammit. KEEP UP.

grassy knoll? what is that?

The fact that MTV Networks for all intents and purposes owns the lives of every pop star in America is getting kind of depressing.

Damn well said, Tom.

Did she perhaps pull this stunt to draw attention unto herself and away from her brother (of whom she's always been protective and supportive, "pervert #2" anyone?)?

Can't wait to argue piercing v. pasty with my mom.

I choose not to explain her explanation here.

Anyway this is basically the only part of the game I remember, hooray teams no one gives a shit about and by no one I mean me.

* nor was the nipple, uh, actually covered, being as the shield goes AROUND the actual nipple.

(sorry about the small tag, I was trying to brush my teeth and type at the same time)

A) The top wasn't supposed to come off at all but they were miming this for some reason and Justin, uh, did it wrong.
B) Part of the top was supposed to rip and he took off all of it.

Either way the "malfunction" here is Justin Timberlake, which is pretty much a good way to look at Justin Timberlake in general I think.

Tom yr email isn't working, I'm not going to retype everything 40 times but I'll try later ok? Sorry to disturb everyone with this personal message. Carry on.

*As opposed to armadillos in their natural state: dead on the side of the road.

xpost: Thank god for that.

The point of which is WTF exactly? It just seems like a lot of expensive fuss over such a non-important-event.

haha...xpost?

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Lord Hutton's next inquiry?

Is AP's KILL message anywhere online?

Update: ADDs that calls not returned from Jackson’s representatives, ADDS comment from Jackson’s choreographer from several days ago promising ’shocking moments’ in halftime show, deletes reference to ‘pastie.’
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HL:CBS apologizes for Jackson’s breast-baring end to halftime show; MTV contrite
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS and MTV both say they had no idea their Super Bowl halftime show would wind up with singer Justin Timberlake tearing off part of Janet Jackson’s costume, exposing her breast.
Timberlake blamed a “wardrobe malfunction.”
“CBS deeply regrets the incident,” spokeswoman LeslieAnne Wade said after the network received calls about the Sunday night show.
The two singers were performing a flirtatious duet to end the halftime show, with Timberlake singing, Rock Your Body, and the lines he sang at the moment of truth were: “I’m gonna have you naked by the end of this song.”
With that, Timberlake reached across Jackson’s leather gladiator outfit and pulled off the covering to her right breast, which was partially obscured by a sun-shaped, metal nipple decoration.
The network quickly cut away from the shot, and did not mention the exposure on the air.
Messages left with Jackson’s record company and her personal publicist were not returned Monday morning.
The Super Bowl halftime show, which also featured P. Diddy, Nelly and Kid Rock, was produced by MTV, CBS’s corporate cousin in Viacom.
“We were extremely disappointed by elements of the MTV-produced halftime show,” Joe Browne, NFL executive vice-president, said. “They were totally inconsistent with assurances our office was given about the content of the show.
“It’s unlikely that MTV will produce another Super Bowl halftime.”
MTV issued a contrite statement in which it also apologized, saying the incident was “unrehearsed, unplanned, completely unintentional and was inconsistent with assurances we had about the content of the performance.”
Timberlake said he did not intend to expose Jackson’s breast.
“I am sorry that anyone was offended by the wardrobe malfunction during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl,” Timberlake said in a statement. “It was not intentional and is regrettable.”
Wade said CBS officials attended rehearsals of the halftime show all week, “and there was no indication any such thing would happen. The moment did not conform to CBS’s broadcast standards and we would like to apologize to anyone who was offended.”
In an interview posted on MTV.com in the days before the show, Jackson’s choreographer, Gil Duldulao, talked about the show, saying: “She’s more stylized, she’s more feminine, she’s more a woman as she dances this time around. There are some shocking moments in there, too.”

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a: OK, what do we have?
b: We got a 6 year old Diddy song, a 3 year old Nelly song, a 4 year old Kid Rock number, and uh how old is Janet again? Oh yeah, Timberlake, he's current. Sorta.
a: Man, we need something newer. Can't Diddy and Nelly do that one... you know, from last summer?
b: Sorry, nope, the transition is Diddy riffing on that 20 year old Toni Basil song.
a: Yeah, that's important so that the fossils have something they remember...
b: Fitty definitely said "no", right?
a: Yup.... *snaps fingers* I GOT IT! GET THIS! We. Show. Titties! But...get this...AC-CID-ENTLY!!!
b: Brilliant!

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/02/03/news/columnists/observer/2_2_0422_09_57.txt

Yes, I think it is.