Rihanna’s performance was judged as ‘too sexualized’, as pointed out by viewers to the US Federal Communications Commission
The show performed by Rihanna in the interval of Super Bowl, the singer’s first after seven years away from the stage, set the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on fire with her greatest hits, but not everyone liked it.
The presentation received numerous complaints, as reported by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the regulatory body for telecommunications and broadcasting in the country.
The website TMZ had access to 103 complaint forms after the pop singer’s performance on Feb. 12. In general, viewers accuse Rihanna and its dancers for the sexualization in the dance steps and in the lyrics of the songs and, therefore, should contain indicative classification.
“I don’t care about the things people love, but children shouldn’t be exposed to pornography and as an adult they don’t want to see it… Where has decency gone? How about respect for others and self?” , said one person in California, while one in Utah said: “This year, the halftime show was so indecent that I had to turn off the TV because of the pornographic content.”
To date, the FCC has not publicly responded to these complaints. This isn’t the first time a performance in the North American League final has received negative reactions.
the performance of Janet Jackson It is Justin Timberlakeheld at the 2004 sporting event, when the singer made a gesture that ended up exposing his partner’s breast live, the regulatory body received more than 540,000 complaints, and decided to fine the American television network CBS in US$ 550,000 for what happened , according to the website USA Today.
Source: Rollingstone
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