"Janet Jackson's ""wardrobe malfunction."" As a live musical performance, the SB XXXVIII halftime show was kind of boring.  But as political theatre, OMG.  MTV permanently banned from the Superbowl!  Half a million complaints to the FCC!  Two lawsuits!  A half-million dollar fine!  Massive chilling effect on soap operas and talk radio!  Surge in the popularity of nipple shields!  Americans look like idiots! Sigh. Perhaps the most depressing thing was that Jackson and Timberlake couldn't come out and say ""Yeah, we thought popping out a boob during a song about getting naked would be fun and sexy, and we figured you people could handle it.""  No, they had to explain it as an accident. There it is: the most dangerous breast in America."
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