I Watched the Super Bowl Halftime Show So You Didn’t Have To

I came into this year’s Super Bowl halftime show with low expectations and an open mind. I wasn’t expecting anything groundbreaking. I wasn’t even looking for something particularly memorable. 

What I did expect, however, was a performance that felt appropriate for the Super Bowl—an event that, for better or worse, functions as the most distinctly American cultural moment of the year. That expectation was not met.

From the start, the choice of Bad Bunny as the halftime performer never made much sense.