And watching cartoons will make me an Olympic wrestler
People complaining about the Super Bowl halftime show? Where do these people come from? Underneath powerlines while sitting back drinking anti-freeze? Come on! Check out the Smoking Gun which reports on a growing number of individuals unhappy with the Super Bowl halftime show.
This year’s Super Bowl telecast generated about 150 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, with the bulk of the beefs centering on Prince’s halftime performance and a Snickers commercial. As seen in the letters on the following pages, many correspondents were upset because they believed that the rock star was manipulating his guitar as if it were a penis. As one viewer noted in an e-mail, the “pro-homosexual theme” of this year’s event, telecast on CBS, was “disgraceful.” The writer added that “just because 6% of the population is gay,” porn did not need to be included in the broadcast. Another purportedly offended viewer was concerned that the halftime show would have an unfortunate lasting effect on his son, who “hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay.
Does anyone else scratch their heads in disbelief reading stories like this? A whole slew of complaints aimed at CBS for airing certain commercials which purportedly altered or have the power of changing an individuals direction in life.
