"She knows how to make her politics acquiesce to pop’s pleasure principles. Even when our angriest protest artists — Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, N.W.A. — sounded like they were gargling the blood of the GOP, they knew how to make it feel good. Beyoncé goes further, foregrounding the pleasure, pushing it from the celebratory toward the ecstatic.
And for an artist cranking up the politics this far into her fame, she might deserve an entire chapter in the great book of celebrity miracles. Yes, Beyoncé is still a one-percenter, but she doesn’t seem disconnected, or even fake-connected. Her halftime gig reminded us of this. The woman was literally on the ground.
And so a nation of millions tuned in for a song-and-dance extravaganza with extravagant singing and dancing, but above all, a statement. Beyoncé knew everyone was listening. She knew that it was her duty to say something significant. So she did."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/02/07/the-night-beyonce-won-the-super-bowl/
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