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NY Times on Madonna's Halftime Show
Jon Pareles on Madonna's Halftime Show
Madonna the bad girl was forgotten in her Super Bowl halftime extravaganza. Here's the setlist: "Vogue," "Music" (with LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" mixed in), "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (her new single, with the rappers Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.), snippets of "Open Your Heart" and "Express Yourself" backed by a drum corps, and "Like a Prayer" with Cee Lo Green and a giant choir. A grown-up flanked by younger collaborators, Madonna was not the indefatigable trouper of past decades; her moves were measured, and she let acrobats from Cirque du Soleil offer distractions. When she stepped up on a bleacher-style set during "Music," she appeared to miss one of her first steps, though she quickly recovered. The Super Bowl still remembers Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, and Madonna herself wasn't offering any kind of taboo-busting frisson (although M.I.A. had half of a four-letter word disappear during her rap in "Give Me All Your Luvin'.") This was Madonna as a former party girl turned regent: a gold-crowned queen on her throne, a homecoming queen strutting in the bleachers, a reverently uplifting church singer. At the end, the words "WORLD PEACE" shone in giant letters from the football field. -- Jon Pareles
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