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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIt's official - M.I.A. gave the finger - hence the quick cutaway to gold during the halftime show.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/story/2012-02-05/madonnas-super-bowl-halftime-show-glitzy/52979340/1
Accompanying artist M.I.A., 36, flipped the bird toward a camera just before a cutaway during the halftime show.
It seemed a blip on the radar of an otherwise successful production, in which Madonna, backed by a marching band dressed as soldiers of antiquity and a capacity crowd armed with flashlights, tacked on to the tradition of increasingly extravagant Super Bowl halftime shows.
It's around 10 seconds and I really do think she said shit too when she gave the finger
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It's official - M.I.A. gave the finger - hence the quick cutaway to gold during the halftime show. (Original Post)
LynneSin
Feb 2012
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UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)1. I'm now a fan.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)2. hubby just came upstairs asking if the board had it up yet
I came in to find your post and you have it.
Stupid thing to do. I don't get why someone would admire the singer for that. I don't care about it, but stupid
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)3. picture

UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)5.
I WANT those boots!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)8. i am so tickled i was able to post a picture.
doesnt take much for me.
not the end of the world, certainly. but.... stupid. no reason. stupid.
AllenVanAllen
(3,134 posts)4. Doesn't surprise me at all.
She's a bit rebellious. Here's her new video.
I like her music, been a fan since her first album.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)6. This is a good song.
Bake
(21,977 posts)9. Stay classy, MIA ...
Or not.
Bake
marmar
(79,741 posts)10. I love MIA, but that was a silly stunt....
..... but then again, NFL owners have been giving taxpayers the finger for decades.