Trying to maneuver through the meaning of the Superbowl ads, I have this thought — as I watched a handful of games at the end of the season and a smattering of the playoffs…

… and only the last quarter and overtime of the Super Big Game…

The ad for the NFL was a groaner.  “Between these lines”.  “We have our differences, but…”.  Cut up to the football field, see the outline of geographic America.  And so the equation of patriotism as the league suffers a few lashes over the past years… admittedly from a towering height.  (It is a thing I’ve noted in ads on games over the past year.  A more concerted effort to wrap up a narrative for football than I remember from years ago.)

Hm.

Meanwhile, conservative televangelist Pat Robertson couldn’t contain his enthusiasm for the Super Bowl, on “The 700 Club,” singling out Lady Gaga’s halftime performance as a highlight. “Lady Gaga did a fantastic halftime show,” he said. “If you went to sleep, you missed a great evening!” 

Actually it’s weird that Pat Robertson is praising the song “Poker Face”.  Political or not, it is just a bunch of sexual innuendo.  So… just so long as you don’t make an explicit statement that “President Trump” sucks, you’re okay with some of these moral purveyors right now.

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