cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/60170088
While preliminary reports of the NFL show’s ratings indicate Bad Bunny drew the most live viewers of any Super Bowl halftime show in history, according to CBS News, with over 135 million, Turning Points USA, the late Charlie Kirk’s organization, celebrated just 6 million viewers across its various channels on Sunday night.
Everything that turning point does is purely performative… there’s no value behiind it.
Oh, there’s loads of value to it. Merch sales, ticket sales, speaking fees, book deals, etc
Erica Kirk was also on that call joyously celebrating the 250 million that her husband’s death earned
Right. Super Bowl is about money, and right now Bad Bunny means more money. It’s not a protest, and Trump acting displeased is not because he was caught off-guard, he’s doing what his base is expecting of him.
All this likely was negotiated behind curtains weeks before, and Trump was surely well informed by his team. Just another performance that maximizes profit.
We’re talking about the “alternative half time show” that Turning Point USA (TPUSA or Toilet Paper USA) put up: the pre-recorded, badly lip synced mess by Kidd Rock, because they were having a tantrum over the fact that the NFL chose American artist Bad Bunny to perform.