"Those who wanted to prove their Maga bona fides or loyalties, however, may have felt obligated to watch a parade of similar-sounding country singers lead into a performance from a shorts-wearing Kid Rock, jumping around and seemingly lip-syncing to a novelty hit from 1999. At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny challenged the meaning of America' For rightwingers who couldn't stomach the Spanish lyrics to Bad Bunny songs, they could take comfort in the clear English of the man also known as Robert Ritchie: Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy."
"This sad spectacle was provided by Turning Point USA, which is not actually a charity organization for faded turn-of-the-century rap-rockers, but a rightwing advocacy group co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk. When Kid Rock pivoted back to Ritchie and covered the country tune Til You Can't (with a pious and half-assed new verse added by Ritchie himself), the music was chased with a tribute to Kirk."
Bad Bunny delivered an elaborate, joyful Super Bowl halftime performance in Spanish that gave viewers alternative cultural entertainment. Some rightwing viewers felt obligated to watch a sequence of similar-sounding country singers culminating in Kid Rock performing in shorts and seemingly lip-syncing to a 1999 novelty hit. Kid Rock's lyrics were described as borrowed from Black rap culture. Turning Point USA organized the rightwing segment and offered a post-performance tribute to Charlie Kirk. A separate rightwing cultural effort produced a critically reviled documentary about Melania Trump, made by a director with previous poorly received films, and criticized for lacking artistic substance.
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