An udder lack of decorum: The breast that bounced 'round the world
 

I'll start by saying that I LIKE breasts. There. I have no problem with exposed breasts. And I'll further add that if there is an exposed breast somewhere in my sight's periphery, my eyeballs are going to zero in on said breast. It's automatic.

I'll also add that Janet Jackson's Superbowl stunt was tacky. Unquestionably.

Yet, I'd like to add some perspective here. CBS was inundated with phone calls and e-mails after goofball Justin exposed the pop siren's right breast. This was no accident. But why all the shock?

A lot of people are claiming a high moral ground by decrying the exposure of a breast that came during the middle of what is a rather violent, often intentionally, show. Surely they are aware that it is often part of a team's winning strategy to injure certain players in the opposing team with an eye to getting them out of the game, thereby, increasing the injuring team's chances at winning. I mean, most of the game revolves around knocking down the guy in front of you, for crying out loud!

Furthermore, you had commercials with horse flatulence, bestiality and old men abusing their elderly wives to get to a bag of chips. And an exposed breast is what's causing all this controversy?

Something is off balance here.

LMAO!!
 

Some of the commercials were funny.

I wasn't shocked by the boobie....I mean, we ALL saw 'Lil Kim's boobie on MTV. I know this was on "regular" TV as opposed to cable, but they showed Billy Campbell's butt on that show on ABC(can't remember the name right this second). :shrug:

Does ANYONE remember seeing the streaker? It was right after halftime, they were coming back to the game, but somebody was dancing in the middle of the field, but they only showed a faraway shot and then went straight to a coach, and never showed the streaker. LOL We were all watching and my cousin goes "Is somebody dancing on the field?" Then, we all noticed they looked naked.

I wasn't shocked...in fact, I laughed. And I agree with you 100%(marks calendar YET AGAIN :nod: ). If you're going to complain about the breast that bounced 'round' the world, then you ought to examine everything else that was on TV last night during the game AND the game itself. It goes to say, if you don't like what you see, turn it off!! You're watching a game where guys beat the crap out of one another. What do you expect? And you know what? They show more booty on NYPD Blue. I don't think it was that big of a deal...I just thought it was tasteless.

IMO, it was once again a lame publicity stunt a la Britney and Madonna. And hey Janet...Lil Kim called...she wants her schtick back. It's all been done before....

Yeah, what's with only exposing one breast anyway? Two would have been more original.

Something is definitely off balance.

Could it be the saline??? :laugh: :laugh:

I'm so glad I didn't watch the Superbowl. I read a book instead. I sure did hear about the boob incident later on.

You've got to be kidding me! Now the FCC is saying it is going to investigate the breast exposure:

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/ar...ent_id=2081443

"Yes, Miss Jackson, I am Derbert Dingledud, special agent, investigations, for the FCC. I am here to look into the Superbowl exposure incident. I will need to see the evidence, if you don't mind."

I just love that it was the Timberwoman who "accidently" did it. I mean didn't Brittney's dancers almost pull her pants down last year when they were taking off the first layer of her clothing? :eek:

Look at their faces.
 

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

"Now, was that a piercing or a pasty?"

If you follow the sequence, as depicted in the link below, there's no way you can think it was an accident. (Warning, if you click on the link you are going to see a breast. If that offends you, do not click: )

http://www.dyn-apps.com/dev/janet.html

It was quite intentional. :nod: :rolleyes: Rather lame, IMO.

Kind of makes you think. Our people are over in another country, trying to spread American values, and this sort of thing, which is broadcast all over the world, happens.

MTV, CBS, Jackson, and Timberlake don't know the meaning of good taste or decorum. I suspect that it may have been a conscious attempt to take a little of the focus off of Jacko...;)

See, I think that if she wanted to expose herself, she should have just walked on already bare-breasted. The exposure doesn't bother me. The fact he pulled it off is what's troubling, only because it was very clearly the depiction of an aggressive act.

Of course, the violence of that action pales in comparison to the violence that happens on the field. And did I mention the commercials?

We are a tasteless culture.

You can say that again. :rolleyes: ;)

Hmmm....
 

Look at Timberlake's face right after he rips it off...he has this look like "What the?" But, who knows. :shrug: Also, Janet does look like she looks down with a weird look.

They are good actors. LOL

WOAH!!!
 

I have a link to the CLOSEUP...it was NOT a pastie folks. :eek:

I don't wanna post the pic here.

Re: WOAH!!!
 

Oh lord, she didn't even show any nipple! :laugh:

I was waiting for Diana Ross to show up and jiggle it, though.

The close-up will disavow you of that notion.

If that's a nipple, she got some kinky looking nipples. :nod: It looks like a tiny metal clamp that's hanging off her boob.

Post a link, dammit! :laugh:

Dissention...
 

Check yer PM's Dis.

Re: Dissention...
 

:eek: :eek: :eek:

:wavey:

Re: Re: WOAH!!!
 

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: You and me both...LOL At least Janet wasn't sporting some serious stretch marks...that? Was gross :nod:

Re: Re: Dissention...
 

Right!

Yeah - what the hell is that metal clamp thingie? Good lord!!

Someone who knows more about piercings will have to fill me in, I guess!

Does anyone remember Mick Jagger yanking off Tina Turner's mini-skirt during Live-Aid?

It was naughty and surprising, and yet, Mick & Tina exuded so much charisma, chemistry and professionalism, that it was just a great, pure rock 'n roll kinda moment.

Janet & Justin?
Eh... seemed forced.

I'm definitely not a prude, and while I was surprised, I definitely wasn't shocked... I was just left feeling like "what was the point?"

There was no sense of "fun naughtiness" about it.

But I have to say that I am not at all surprised at the number of prudish people who are outraged by this.
As Carne pointed out, there are a lot of strange things people look right past... but the minute you see a body part exposed, everyone goes into a tizzy.

"Well, ain't that America."

I'm not fan of Matt Drudge but if you go to www.drudgereport.com, he's got uhm. . .close-up shots of the . . .whatever the heck that was around her. . .uhm. . .nipple. It's some sort of piercing body jewelry. It looks painful to me. The real story here is that apparently MTV had posted something on their website earlier on Sunday about how Janet's performance would be "shocking". After it all hit the fan, they yanked that particular press release off the website but you can still google it and get the cached version of it. It was not an accident, that much is for sure.

Maybe it's my age, but yes, I was shocked. I sort of expect that sort of thing at the MTV Awards but this was network TV with a huge worldwide audience--one of the most highly viewed events of the year-and as it turned out, one of the most highly watched Super Bowls in several years. Yes, the human body is a beautiful thing, but does that mean that everyone has to go around showing theirs off? Little kids watch this game for God's sake!

But the questionable content of the commercials is OK for kids? Grandpa beating up grandma to get to a bag of chips. That's OK? For that matter, the inherent violence in the game itself is OK?

I'm not knocking football or justifying Janet's stupid stunt. But I think we need a sense of perspective.

Well, when those two are together, they can do *no* wrong. I've always thought they should collaborate together for an album, it would kick MAJOR ass. Tina and Mick are the great rock duo that never got together, IMO. :nod:

I couldn't agree more!!!

I think the problem here is that some idiots out there are going to think that it's okay to go around trying to rip girls tops off.

One of the talk radio stations out here is having a debate if Janet's boobs are real or fake.

Now what does everyone think?

Ok - now I am gonna ask as stupid question . . . but do people wear "clamps" like that under clothes all the time? It just seems pretty ornate to be wearing if you aren't planning on showing it off . . .

My guess is this is like a piece of jewelry. She probably just wears a generic one normally.

Tear shaped saline implants, I think. Probably through the armpit, or the abdomen, maybe underneath the boob itself. You can't see that part.

Yeah I am no expert on them but they look fake to me.:laugh:

Even that editing and direction was choreographed. Fireworks, right after the implant shot - what a coincidence !

I know. And then the lights go out.

Yeah - I only saw this on a replay - what happened after the boob shot? Was the performance over and what did Janet do?

Little boy Timberlake was interviewed by Access Hollywood right afterwards and said the stunt was "hot." :rolleyes:

I guess the surprise appearance that the Superbowl ads kept touting was Janet's right tit. :rolleyes:

Normally I would have had some issues with some of the commercials that were aired--how about the one where the monkey was hitting on the girl--that's just too icky to contemplate--then out struts Kid Rock wearing an American flag as a poncho and I was having some issues but then along came J&J and the Boob show and that was pretty much the kicker for me. I know I'm turning 40 this year, but I have now become old enough to be shocked by this stuff. And yes, Johnny Stew, I vividly remember LiveAid and the Mick & Tina thing. But somehow, that was classy in comparison to this!