The FCC has released 45 complaints it received regarding Super Bowl 50, mostly concerning the half-time show. And if you’ve seen the Saturday Night Live sketch “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black,” you already have a pretty good idea of where this is going.
Yes, the overwhelming majority of complaints were directed at Beyoncé’s performance of “Formation,” which was labeled divisive …
disgraceful …
disgraceful and disgusting …
disgraceful and offensive …
racist …
racist (sic) …
anti-police …
anti-family …
anti-America …
anti-everything that isn’t the Black Panthers, really …
And most damning of all, sorely lacking in “Single Ladies.”
A few complaints didn’t even bother to provide any details beyond “Beyoncé,” as if she had become her own transcendental signifier for Middle American fury.
It wasn’t all Bey-rage, however - you have some legitimate gripes about the deaf community getting snubbed …
this somewhat less legitimate gripe about being haunted by the ghost of Michael Jackson’s junk …
concerns about the oversexualization of animals and animal hybrids …
and this guy, our Superbowl 50 FCC complaint MVP:
Read the full complaints embedded below, or on the request page:
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