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PrintableNo, Janet Jackson isn't banned from the Super Bowl You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Why Justin Timberlake owes Janet Jackson a Super Bowl-size apology https://www.usatoday.com/...790290001/
Justin Timberlake needs to apologize to Janet Jackson. He should start apologizing now, with the news that he's ...
Justin Timberlake needs to apologize to Janet Jackson. He should start apologizing now, with the news that he's confirmed to perform at t...ftime show. He should do so as publicly as possible. And at the very least, he should invite her onstage at the show, to perform a song, or 10. Those are several demands of the viral #JusticeForJanet hashtag, which emerged following the news of Timberlake's halftime booking. Because, even as Timberlake's career has flourished in the 13 years since "Nipplegate," Jackson's fans haven't forgotten that Timberlake is complicit in the unjust treatment of their icon. In a moment that’s still painful to watch more than a decade later, Timberlake exposed Jackson's breast during her Super Bowl halftime show in 2004 in front of an audience of 143.6 million viewers. The night was supposed to belong to Jackson, who was the seasoned pop star to Timberlake’s rookie. Jackson had invited the then-rising boy band *NSYNC to open for her Velvet Rope tour in 1998, then lent her vocals to Timberlake’s debut album, Justified, after he went solo. Considering how Timberlake has molded himself in Michael Jackson’s image from the beginning of his solo career, his Super Bowl cameo was meant to be a reunion with his mentor, a chance for him to pay homage to Janet’s pop legacy. Timberlake needs to apologize because he played a role in hijacking this legacy, starting with the wardrobe malfunction that barely impacted his career while sending Jackson's into free-fall.
In the weeks after the “wardrobe malfunction,” a phrase that will be forever linked to Jackson’s humiliation, she became a comedy punchline and was blacklisted by Viacom (which kept her music off MTV, VH1, and radio stations around the country). There seemed to be no question the incident was Jackson’s fault, down to the media outlets that selectively edited her videotaped apology. “Sometimes they cut out that I said it was an accident,” she later told Ebony. And while Timberlake has maintained that the incident was an accident, he hasn't taken responsibility for the part he played. "I'm frustrated at the whole situation," he told reporters the week after the Super Bowl. "I'm frustrated that my character is being questioned. And the fact of the matter is, you know, I've had a good year, a really good year, especially with my music." Timberlake has apologized further in the years since, telling MTV in 2006 that he "probably got 10% of the blame," and that America is "unfairly harsh on ethnic people." Yet, he's still unsure how to address the scandal, bungling an exchange last year when a Twitter follower called on him to "stop appropriating our music and culture" and "apologize to Janet too.” "Oh, you sweet soul," he responded. "The more you realize that we are the same, the more we can have a conversation. Bye.” Timberlake is very much not "the same." His privilege hasn't only enabled him to score hit albums and film roles and Oscar nominations and a Super Bowl slot, but also lets him play dumb about his own role in a scandal that, as he previously acknowledged, amounted to America piling on a black woman and shaming her for her sexuality while granting him a free pass. Seeing Timberlake invited back to the Super Bowl while Jackson’s career still bears visible scars from the incident is a bitter reminder of which people society punishes more for so-called sexual indiscretions. [Edited 10/23/17 21:40pm] Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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JT at the baseball game http://www.laineygossip.c...kson/48260
Games 1 and 2 of the World Series happened in Los Angeles this week as the Dodgers are playing the Houston Astros for the championship. There were a lot of celebrities in the crowd last night – among them Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel. Amazingly he managed to stay in his seat and not make the game about himself. But, then again, he’s had his share of headlines already over the last few days. JT is headlining the halftime show at the Super Bowl. A few people have tried to steer the conversation away from Janet Jackson and how unfair it’s been in the 14 years since the wardrobe malfunction, wondering what the set list will be, and how much NSYNC we’ll hear that night. Can’t Stop The Feeling, worst song of 2016, that has to be the closer, non? That’s been the sidebar though. The main discussion, obviously, has been about Janet and Justin and how he did her wrong and whether or not he’ll right that wrong. A lot of people think that for sure she’s going to show up. Because the NFL claimed this week that “there’s no ban”. NOW there’s no ban. We’ve been talking about the Janet Jackson ban for YEARS. Why is it that they’ve only come out to say that “there’s no ban” in 2017? And what’s the apostrophe for? Is the apostrophe for “there IS no ban”? Or is it for “there WAS no ban?” Needless to say, everyone now is trying to distance themselves from the way Janet was treated in the years after the Super Bowl in 2004. Because the way she was treated – by the NFL, by the FCC, by Viacom (they blacklisted her music across their properties and severely restricted radio play of her catalogue), by the Grammys, and, yes, by Justin Timberlake – was a group effort. And so, if she returns with Justin Timberlake, will that serve as a group pardon? Should there be a group pardon? And, really, is it that simple? I hate that she might find herself in a position where all these assholes are like, oh hi Janet, we want you back! And if she says no, you KNOW, YOU F-CKING KNOW, what they’ll say about her. How they’ll call her ungrateful and ungracious. How they’ll say they tried. And she was the one who said no. This is what Janet retweeted the other day, on the 28th anniversary of the release of Rhythm Nation, the single: Janet Jackson @JanetJackson Thank u @BET. Iconic ≠ Ignorance. (link: http://bet.com/music/2017...view.html) bet.com/music/2017/09/… It’s a link to a BET article about her tour. About the themes that she’s been addressing on tour, which are consistent with the themes she’s been addressing since Rhythm Nation. Join voices in protest To social injustice A generation full of courage Come forth with me People of the world today Are we looking for a better way of life We are a part of the rhythm nation Colin Kaepernick protested social injustice, police brutality, on the field last year. And no team in the NFL, to date, has picked him up. He’s signed a book deal but he can’t sign a playing deal. Perhaps by February the situation in the NFL will have changed. But if it remains the way it is today, can you see Janet Jackson take the stage holding hands with the white man – and men – who held her down? [Edited 10/26/17 13:12pm] Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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Terrific news, glad to hear Mr JT will be back and he wasn't affected by dirty Jan and her desperation. I wonder if it coincides with a new album, hopefully dirty Jan doesn't try to ride his coattails again, although in this social climate the debate would be most interesting.  I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. | |
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