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About Those 13 Minutes From Rihanna

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About Those 13 Minutes From Rihanna

Matthew Paul Turner
Feb 13
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About Those 13 Minutes From Rihanna

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I've seen a lot of commentary about Rihanna's 13-minute halftime show at the Super Bowl.

Lots of people called it blah, boring, some people even Tweeted **yawns** in real time as the singer was still performing.

Others called it Satanic, a sexapade, a mid-game scene unfit for the eyes of my 5-year old.

Lots of people loved it. But even some of her most-outspoken supporters offered qualifiers like "while it may have been more subdued than other halftime performances" or "though it was more chill than what we've come to expect from halftime shows".

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