Now Here's a Really BIG
Deal!
by
Dick Prosapio © 2003
Somebody got to see Janet Jackson's breast. Not
her nipple by the way. Let's make sure we get that right, no nipples
were actually viewed.
To quote my teens; "Ohmygod! Ohmygod!"
First of all, isn't there enough hoopla around the
Super Bowl without (yet another) over-the-top "Event" stuck in
between the halves of The Game? I mean really, just book the
Grambling and Southern U bands and lets have some good ol' marching
band fun without all of this junk! thrown in with what can, on
occasion, be a good football game.
Nobody really cares about this stuff.........not
really. Yeah, it's Party Time! for those who actually attend
the thing, but I'm sure they can get their fill of all of that the
night, or even the week, before kick off. To clutter up the half
time with over amplified, underdressed, pointless low comedy is
totally....................gee, I can't find the word
..............how about
dumb?
This "thing", you know, is supposed to be aimed at
the 17-49 year old males in the audience, because up to 16 and
beginning at 50 all males are either too ignorant or too smart to
care about any of this.
Does anybody really buy this stupid idea?
Hmmm, at two million for a 30 second spot, I'd
guess somebody is being had......BIG time! Of course, I'm not
interested in "Bud" or "Pepsi" or whatever else they are hyping. I'd
just like to see a final, good game.
Even if the Packers aren't playing.
I can be flexible to some extent.
Secondly, what is the deal about breasts in
this country? On one hand we actually had a report of people
patronizing a store that specialized in things maternity, baby
clothes, bottles, formulas, etc. who were upset by a magazine cover
in the place showing a woman nursing a baby! And in some places,
nursing in public is seen as unseemly, even nasty!, behavior.
On the other, we have female celebrities competing
for "most revealing cleavage" prizes on award programs, "Wow! Was
that JeLo's nipple showing" (without a pasty by the way) "or what?"
They don't call 'em the "Golden Globes" for
nothing.
What are we afraid will happen if a woman's breast
is seen? Is this the ol' If-men-see-a-breast-they-will-run-amok!
thing? Do we think our teens will be destroyed by the display? Will
small children suddenly have a genetic memory of being breast fed
and regress?
Does anyone see that the rest of the, very,
civilized world thinks this country is nuts about this?
Look, why don't we just get this whole thing over
with? On the next exercise in narcissism called an "awards" show,
the Emmy's, the Oscars, the Grammies, the Country Music Awards, the
Peoples Choice Awards, the
who-the-hell-knows-what-this-award-is-for? show, all the women do
the thing topless. That way we'd all get excited about it, rave over
how horrible (or beautiful depending on the
presentation of course) and, after awhile, that would be the end of
the national obsession.
We'd get bored with the whole thing and start
being "titillated", I just thought I'd throw that in because I never
really get a chance to use that word,.
............we'd start being titillated by
the idea of total nudity!
Whoa! (To again quote my teens.)
Then we'd get over that too. (And this time the
guys could get in on the act.)
In the end we could just be human beings and
having bodies would be part of that.
Of course, the next thing would be, how
overdressed can you get?
OOOOh! Now that would be a
scandal.
Dick Prosapio ©2003, All Rights
Reserved
