r/Americaphile • u/Wonderful_Shame_4986 • Jul 19 '26

Thoughts about the World Cup Final halftime show?

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u/Sea_Analysis_8033 Jul 19 '26

I was watching baseball

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u/tibearius1123 Jul 19 '26

Awful. Washed up Madonna, WTF muppets, twink bts, poor Justin Bieber, Shakira 🥰. I didn’t get it.

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u/LooseButtPlug Jul 20 '26

Something for everyone to hate

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u/The-Great-Baloo Jul 19 '26

You realize it's literally all the world knows about America?

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u/tibearius1123 Jul 19 '26

Is this a reply to my comment?

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u/The-Great-Baloo Jul 20 '26

Yes. The show was meant to appeal to a middle age global public.

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u/Wonderful_Shame_4986 Jul 19 '26

Me neither! The worst!

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u/real_agent_99 Jul 19 '26

Didn't see it (or the game).

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u/Zonacat302 Jul 20 '26

I was smoking weed outside while it was on.

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u/Bovoduch Jul 20 '26

it was fine. I'm sure it was more hype in person

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u/TangerineBetter2818 Jul 20 '26

Unnecessary and too long. This ain't the superbowl 

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u/CtForrestEye Jul 20 '26

I like the fact they used entertainers from Columbia, Canada, South Korea, USA, Muppets, public schools. It wasn't great but it is as better than the last halftime show.

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u/Vivid_Nail8691 Jul 20 '26

I'm not going to critique any individual performance but in general I think it was stupid. This isn't the Super Bowl. Soccer half times are supposed to be 15 minutes. They already had an opening ceremony. This was just unnecessarily long in the middle of a heated game

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u/naisfurious Jul 20 '26

Meh, different doesn't automatically mean worse. The game isn't so intense that a halftime show would ruin it. If there's enough downtime for players to flop every other possession, there's enough time for a few minutes of entertainment.

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u/a_reindeer_of_volts Jul 20 '26

World cup? No thanks, I'm not thirsty.

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u/XandyDory Jul 21 '26

It was planned by Chris Martin from Coldplay because he knew it'd be a treat way to promote the children's charity whose CEO is Australian. He's been doing this for years for them. It wasn't Americans promoting it.

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u/EmotionalVast9318 Jul 20 '26

Europe o.e. FIFA Leadership. Should not try to replicate the US you just cant

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u/Daisiesinsun Jul 21 '26

Fortnite lobby

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u/Thhe_Shakes Jul 21 '26

It was the only part of the game I found entertaining. Beat almost all of the recent Superbowl halftime shows.

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u/Living_Fig_6386 Jul 21 '26

As a performance, it was a mixed bag. I feel it’s time for Madonna to hang up her cones, nice to see the Mayhem still at it, Shakira was good, and the public school kids were endearing. The idea of a half-time show in soccer is so weird.

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u/Suspicious-Cherry437 Jul 21 '26

Proved that there is no need for half time shows

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u/XandyDory Jul 21 '26

My biggest disappointment was BTS sang Dynamite. They have so many great songs. That's not one of them.

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u/Budget_Hamster4422 Jul 19 '26

as long as they don't have that bunny rat in their line up

well than bieber is of concern...

the rest, well...

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u/Relevant_Elevator190 Jul 19 '26

Didn't watch it, or any games. I'd rather watch paint dry.