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So, I finally got to see the part of the Super Bowl Halftime Show that everyone is talking about. My reaction to it: a lot of people are overreacting, a few people aren’t. The detail in the video clips I’ve seen seem to be television quality, and a few are straight from a TiVo or other DVR device. You can see a blob of brown amongst the black of the vinyl/leather bustier, but really, that’s about it. I guess it’s still a little risque for broadcast television, so the FCC is right in investigating it (at least per the current rules set, which is entirely too puritanical for my liking). Seriously, though, this is no big deal. When you have things like Sex and the City, The Sopranos, and Cold Mountain being such great entertainment that feature more nudity than the halftime show ten times over, what is a half second of most of Janet’s boob on television? I understand that it was not what was expected to be seen by the viewing public, but I bet it would have gone mostly unnoticed if everyone didn’t make such a big deal about such an obvious publicity stunt (Janet’s new album is due out soon). So, Janet got what she wanted, Justin got what he wanted, MTV got what they wanted, CBS got what they wanted (and a little of what they didn’t), the NFL got red-faced, and the viewing public ate up the whole stunt without really noticing how they got played by everyone. Of course, I could just have a huge bias against big media.