"If you've had Bad Bunny's "NUEVAYoL" playing on loop in your brain, if you've pledged to call the Super Bowl "el Super Tazón" for the rest of your life, if you're considering swapping out all the mid-century furniture in your apartment for white plastic chairs, if you don't even known which football teams played on Sunday night ... then you might be one of millions of people who were moved, transfixed, and inspired by the Puerto Rican singer's historic half-time performance."
"Today, we explore how the show took on a second life online, in the form of myriad memes that pulse with joy and resistance. Against the backdrop of Trump's violent crackdown on people from Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly immigrants and people of color, Bad Bunny's beautiful tribute to the region and its culture makes fascism look no less dangerous - but much more boring and uninspiring, and definitely lacking sazón."
"With endless references to Puerto Rico's cultural landscape and Latine and Caribbean pride and symbolism, Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was primed for meme-ing, Staff Writer Rhea Nayyar argues. The mostly-Spanish show was marked by surprises, like unexpected cameos (such as Lady Gaga, now forever known as "Leidy Gaga") and sugarcane plants that turned out to be people in grassy costumes - which, as Nayyar predicts, we can expect to see again come October ..."
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance generated widespread enthusiasm and a flood of online memes that celebrate Puerto Rican, Latine, and Caribbean cultural references. The mostly-Spanish show included unexpected cameos, sugarcane figures revealed as people in grassy costumes, and visuals that lent themselves to joyful, resistant viral images. The online response framed cultural pride as a counterpoint to Trump's violent crackdown on people from Latin America and the Caribbean, positioning the performance as both celebration and political commentary. Coverage also highlights concerns about Israel using the Venice Biennale pavilion to legitimize violence against Palestinians, and notes an art history of liminalism and recommended NYC shows.
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