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Breaking Down the Symbolism in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny's 13-minute Super Bowl show spotlighted Puerto Rican history, identity, and diaspora, highlighting ongoing crises like power outages and featuring cultural and political symbols.
- Super Bowl 60's halftime featured Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, known as Bad Bunny, with a 13-minute set filled with symbolism and themes of Puerto Rican history at Levi's Stadium on February 8.
- To highlight colonial and infrastructure histories, Bad Bunny staged sugar cane fields symbolizing Puerto Rico's exploitation and the `El Apagón` segment referencing Hurricane Maria's prolonged blackouts.
- Sporting a custom `Ocasio` No. 64 jersey, Bad Bunny included La Casita, El Morro set, and cameos by Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Toíta, and Victor Villa.
- Holding a football reading `Together, we are America.`, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio said `God bless America` while naming countries across the Americas, uniting Latino communities globally.
- By sampling reggaetón classics like `Gasolina`, displaying la bandera con azul celeste, and transporting the field around 3,500 miles, Bad Bunny projected Puerto Rican diaspora and sovereignty debates globally.
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Breaking down symbolism in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico. Even before he launched into “Tití Me Preguntó,” the Puerto Rican superstar had suffused the…
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Breaking down the symbolism in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show
For his Super Bowl halftime show, Bad Bunny transported the field in Northern California around 3,500 miles, transforming it into the fields of Puerto Rico.
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