Beyoncé’s Halftime Show Inspires Ridiculous Criticism
This year, Beyoncé has the right-wing commentariat gasping because she performed her new song “Formation” during the Super Bowl halftime show. The song is about, among other things, the way the mostly black victims of Hurricane Katrina were and still are ill served, to put it mildly. Its accompanying video mourns the black victims of undue police violence. And it includes other references to white racism in American history. (And, yes, Beyoncé and her backup dancers raised their fists in the air during their Super Bowl performance – imagine that!)
Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York who cannot seem to grasp the idea of gone and forgotten, offered, as he often does, the most ridiculous take on the issue.
Mr. Giuliani, appearing on Fox News, said Beyoncé didn’t understand that “this is football, not Hollywood,” as if the Super Bowl were not entertainment — just like what Hollywood produces, only not as interesting. “I thought it was really outrageous that she used it as a platform to attack police officers who are the people who protect her and protect us, and keep us alive,” Mr. Giuliani said.