I am not surprised the FCC received complaints about Prince's Super Bowl performance, though the level of media uproar was not as severe as the Nipple that Destroyed the Free World. Breasts are much more threatening to the New World Order than guitar wankery I guess.
Naughty Super Bowl Sparks Beefs To FCC - March 5, 2007 :
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
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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...Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY.”
I wonder how many are serious complaints, and how many are subversive, ironic public jokes. Either way, quite a fun read.. For the record, I enjoyed Prince's performance more than the game or the myriad of stupid commercials.
(Adage transcribed a few, so I'm copping them)
Wrote one man: “It was obscene to show Prince, a HOMOSEXUAL person through a sheet, as to show his siluette (sic) while his guitar showed a very phalic (sic) symbol coming from his below-midriff section. I am very offended and I would preffer (sic) not to have showed it to my 4 children who love football. One of them has hoped to be a quarterback and now he will turn out gay. I am actually considering to check him for HIV. Thanks CBS for turning my son GAY.”Another man wrote that he found it “highly unacceptable . . . to find Prince stroking, manipulating and fondleing (sic) his guitar behind the curtain. This image only made him look extremely large which the rest of us feel small, and unable to perform this evening.”
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