Perfect example of why our culture needs independent thought more middle fingers on mainstream television...sexual exploitation of children, no problem, but the second you flash an "inappropriate" symbol, your ostracized, ridiculed, and sued. I love this woman so much!!
Sri Lankan women look very young. Many in my country and I assume they’re like 25 find out they’re 40 something with kids. There’s some not so blessed though.
MIA, I completely agree. I felt much more uncomfortable seeing those dancers than your middle finger. I absolutely love you and how empowering you are. This whole situation is ridiculous.
MIA is an interesting, dynamic, powerful woman, in life and on stage. I was lucky enough to catch her act at The Vic in Chicago. It was impossible to sit still. I danced for the entire show. Push aside her beauty, which is difficult. MIA talks about things no one else is talking about. MIA pushes boundaries no one else dares to push. MIA isn't a product. MIA is a star, which is rare, very rare, incredibly rare. The NFL should focus on taking care of crippled vets. This is a sham!
it was all good til she said 'displaying female empowerment thru being punk rock'. it didn't seem like she consciously did it. it just seemed like a typical MIA thing to do when you sing "i don't give a shit", she was most likely just caught up in the moment and didnt really realize she did it. but everything else she says is true. the exact second she flips the bird, theres little black girls with their legs spread in the air.
why do people freak out when they hear someone referred to as black. she was just describing them. If anything, she was sticking up for them saying it was wrong to have underage black girls sexually exploited...people are ultra sensitive
I like her music but blaming 16 year old high school cheerleaders that Madonna hired is a an act of desperation. The girls are not being judged/sued, MIA is. If the NFL had a problem with the cheerleaders steps or costumes they could have addressed it in rehearsal. Cant do that with a middle finger given buy a young adult. To the NFL, You hired Madonna " Like a Virgin" " Book of nude photos..etc..What were you thinking? What did you expect? Why so shocked? All you did is make MIA more popular.
I love you Maya. You are BY FAR my favorite artist of all time. That being said i don't really understand what the problem is. It was to be expected that the NFL as the organiser of the event wouldn't be pleased with your actions. Also i don't understand why you even participated in the show if you despised the depiction of the cheerleaders. And how is flipping the bird empowering women? Besides that: Fuck money! Poverty is a virtue. They can have your money but the can't have you.
If anyone remembers... MIA was in the halftime show with Madonna, because she's this generation incarnation of Madonna. She was being herself, and being a showman. (Gender irrelevant, don't go there) What happened that day was a demonstration to the entire world where priorities stand, and that people like MIA are bigger than the Superbowl. That's why it's popularity dropped so much. Nobody watches anymore. Most just watch the commercials on RUclips, so the ad revenue tanked. RIP the most overhyped waste of broadcast bandwidth of our lifetime.
I don't think she articulated that very well. It seems like she's implying that young black women gyrating should be automatically more offensive than her middle finger.
Do you guys REALLY FEEL offended by what she did ? cuz it seems like people are doing too much ! NOBODY even remembers that superbowl performance for MIA's middle finger its not even a big DEAL ! god !
I looked up mia giving finger and found that she is a perfomer. I thought she was a fan and MIA was Miami Dolphins. I found this video during a search for Miami vs. Saints.
In addition, did you not rehearse with Madonna before the performance? Did you not know there were going to be underaged cheerleaders there before the broadcast? Why did you not speak up THEN? Bringing it up now sounds disingenuous and self-serving. If it is wrong now, it was wrong then. Why did you keep silent all this time but now you feel the urge to speak up? I can think of 1.5 million reasons why...
I don't get it. I agree that the NFL and cheer leading are cultural activities that undermine and objectify women. BUT if she was so against those things: Why did she accept to appear in their event? Why did she endorse their misoginy (and Madonna's show) in the first place? Why sign an unfair contract and then break it. Plus, why is she (pretending?) to talk on the phone? Instead of talking to the camera as anyone who wants to convey a clear message does.
what's her point? that the cheerleaders should've gotten sued as well? I'm not supporting the NFL in this; I think MIA is right to call them out on hypocrisy -- but her reasoning seems disingenuous here: if the young cheerleaders were being exploited, why didn't MIA voice her objections earlier? A production like this gets rehearsed at least half a dozen times, you can't say you weren't aware of their exploitation. And a middle-finger to the camera doesn't make your mainstream participation punk rock; it's cheap shock value.
So why didn't the NFL acknowledge or warn MIA before the gig your honour, after she clearly used the said "gesture" at the exact same moment in the video clip "Gimme all your love" with the performer Madonna? Had/has the NFL not seen the video clip by Madonna? If the NFL consider themselves to be the "injured party" in this particular lawsuit, what or how is/was this "gesture" injurious to the brand and "image" of this particular "entertainment organisation" ( Read Not sporting organisation)...err..umm. Stick to the "rough neighbourhood" projects NFL...That form of self -promotion bears fruit. As for the finger...didn't see it.
If she felt disgusted, then why did she do it? Obviously, you nor I can answer that for her (I'm not trying to make you speak for her), but for her to bring up her moral outrage now, makes her seem less than genuine.
Giving the middle finger is the punk rock version of female empowerment? I didn't know that. I guess teen aged kids are empowering women every day then, huh?
Based on The Communication Act of 1934 that prohibits "any obscene, indecent or profane language by means of broadcast communication". This is backed by the FCC. While I understand your point of sexual orientation. However, as long as there is no nudity, it does not brake any law.
You are not being sued for being offensive (which you are). You are being sued for breaching your contract. Also, it is not up to you to determine what is offensive. I hope they get back every penny from you. People need to learn that there are consequences for their actions. If it is worth millions to flip the middle finger to the world, then go ahead.
The middle finger is not offensive, but if she signed a contract that agreed she would behave a certain way, then she needed to stick to that. Just pay the fine and use your celebrity to bring attention to those places where genocide is occuring.
Hundreds of millions of people (children) have access to naked music videos. People making sexual gestures like Miley. Yeah...I think the culture deserves the middle finger. Go MIA
you all are missing the point. She's not telling us 'f you'. It's definitely not about being 'punk rock.' I saw the video. She went up and spread her legs. Obviously, you could tell that she was disgusted with doing it, and there goes your middle finger. She had conflicted feelings. So, it was the 'female empowerment' at that exact moment. The question is, who orchestrated the dance? and why was it depicted that way? That's your music industry.
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She breached her contract with the NFL, and now she has to pay... All of you guys sign a contract with a major corporation and breach it and see what happens to y'all, so they are sending a message to anybody else that does it
I thought it was cool! I hadn't been so happy since JT exposed Janets teat. Mia is a badass to most young yanks. Thank you for being a badass. We luv u
Race has nth to do with the performance M.I.A...those were college girls all of age...but the nfl isnt going at this right by sueing you for that much money....m.i.a you rock so do what you gotta do!
"You're talking about people's taste in music and you like that bullshit that comes out of MIA's horse mouth?" That's a very ironic sentence, coming from someone who listens to such horses as Lil' Wayne, Britney Spears, DJ Khaled and all of this "radio-friendly" bullshit. Your mind is not ready for M.I.A.'s music, that's why you're on her videos critizing her work. Also, she's a gorgeous woman, btw if you don't agree with that you should know that her music is more important than her look.
I think its a shame she would try and justify what she did, Cheerleaders all across the us perform those kinds of routine . Nothing about there routine screams F--- you however the middle finger has been associated with that for centuries. Here's a direct question to MIA or whatever her name is ( Would you point your middle finger to your Mom, Dad, either of your Grand Parents) what you think would happen.. So why point it to me and the millions of people that were watching the Super Bowl. Have some Class MIA, Beyoncé would have never flipped the bird nor Kelly or Michelle .....
It's a middle finger grandpa get over it. Worse things have happened on television. The fact that you're force feeding yourself this mass media garbage is ridiculous in itself. Try teaching your grandson something that will actually benefit humanity instead of teaching him how to sensationalize televised events that have no actual significance in any of our lives and never will.
Ok vic i know what it is or was I dont think Its appropiate and my point is was and will always be would you point it at your mom or dad or elders thank you....
Edward Williams IV so ariana grande can say fuck on tv three times kids probably watch and you think stick a middle finger is bad? hey jim do you have grand daughters? how you like seeing them googly eyed over a half naked JB?
Perfect example of why our culture needs independent thought more middle fingers on mainstream television...sexual exploitation of children, no problem, but the second you flash an "inappropriate" symbol, your ostracized, ridiculed, and sued. I love this woman so much!!
Exactly
Isn't she great, very strong.
exactly like they set up a pole for j lo and shakira to strip on but she gets sued millions for sticking up the middle finger.
are you joking, she was supporting the sexualization of minors in her performance
I agree totally with MIA! She looks 19-20 .. can't believe she is 38!!! That can't be true right???
TwentyThree damn skippy
TwentyThree 41 now and STILL SUPER HOT!
@@souloftheage Agreed
just stay healthy and avoid gaining weight and you shouldn't age much as an adult until you start to decay
Sri Lankan women look very young. Many in my country and I assume they’re like 25 find out they’re 40 something with kids. There’s some not so blessed though.
The American audience deserved it. No explanations necessary.
😆
Tristan Harris Yes. PERIODT
As an American in 2021, you’re absolutely correct
She wasn’t even flipping up off though. I swear we are living in y’all’s heads rent free
Why?
As a American and NFL fan i support her rights 100% i flip people off on a daily bases.
MIA COMING BACK WITH POWER POWER
“It’s been making me laugh for a while but now it’s so boring I don’t even laugh anymore” I’m gonna start saying this
Its been 5 years…. How many times have u used it
MIA, I completely agree. I felt much more uncomfortable seeing those dancers than your middle finger. I absolutely love you and how empowering you are. This whole situation is ridiculous.
Well said. I've just watched your documentary. You're a wonderful example to young people. Heck, everyone.
MIA is an interesting, dynamic, powerful woman, in life and on stage. I was lucky enough to catch her act at The Vic in Chicago. It was impossible to sit still. I danced for the entire show. Push aside her beauty, which is difficult. MIA talks about things no one else is talking about. MIA pushes boundaries no one else dares to push. MIA isn't a product. MIA is a star, which is rare, very rare, incredibly rare. The NFL should focus on taking care of crippled vets. This is a sham!
Working with Madonna seems like one of the worst mistakes she's ever made. B-day Song should stand as hard fucking proof of that.
Why?
dude just the fact she wearing a raiders sweatshirt.. god damn
The cops being heard coming after she stuck her middle finger up lol.
when I saw it live I did not notice the middle finger. You are one of my favorite artists and I cannot wait for your new music
Hope M.I.A. wins its dumb just ask for money from m.I.a. get a life NFL.
M.I.A rules.
it was all good til she said 'displaying female empowerment thru being punk rock'. it didn't seem like she consciously did it. it just seemed like a typical MIA thing to do when you sing "i don't give a shit", she was most likely just caught up in the moment and didnt really realize she did it. but everything else she says is true. the exact second she flips the bird, theres little black girls with their legs spread in the air.
This will be interesting to watch when the interview is published. There is a high probability of it being a strategic move. Who's interviewing her?
i loved her point at the end of the video. shes displaying female empowerment and the nfl can't handle it.
this is ridiculous, she looks like she's in her 20s
Im sure there was people drinking in the stands as well, but they didnt get a zoom
She's on some swagger shit
A true Ramone, in our time.
Me encanta esta artista, nunca se deja doblegar por ningún ser humano.
She also said at the end of the performance "America is fucked" but no one is talking about that
why do people freak out when they hear someone referred to as black. she was just describing them. If anything, she was sticking up for them saying it was wrong to have underage black girls sexually exploited...people are ultra sensitive
I love you M.I.A.! Keep doing your thing! Bad girls do it well. people are just silly and prude
So what part of her contract did she breach ?
all nfl wants to do is *gunshots* *gunshots* *click* *cash register noise* and take MIA's money
I like her music but blaming 16 year old high school cheerleaders that Madonna hired is a an act of desperation. The girls are not being judged/sued, MIA is. If the NFL had a problem with the cheerleaders steps or costumes they could have addressed it in rehearsal. Cant do that with a middle finger given buy a young adult. To the NFL, You hired Madonna " Like a Virgin" " Book of nude photos..etc..What were you thinking? What did you expect? Why so shocked? All you did is make MIA more popular.
her hand looks really big. I keep having visions of her hand fitting the alien hand lock on Total Recall. She can terraform Mars.
I love you Maya. You are BY FAR my favorite artist of all time. That being said i don't really understand what the problem is. It was to be expected that the NFL as the organiser of the event wouldn't be pleased with your actions. Also i don't understand why you even participated in the show if you despised the depiction of the cheerleaders. And how is flipping the bird empowering women?
Besides that: Fuck money!
Poverty is a virtue.
They can have your money but the can't have you.
If anyone remembers...
MIA was in the halftime show with Madonna, because she's this generation incarnation of Madonna. She was being herself, and being a showman. (Gender irrelevant, don't go there)
What happened that day was a demonstration to the entire world where priorities stand, and that people like MIA are bigger than the Superbowl.
That's why it's popularity dropped so much. Nobody watches anymore. Most just watch the commercials on RUclips, so the ad revenue tanked.
RIP the most overhyped waste of broadcast bandwidth of our lifetime.
I don't think she articulated that very well. It seems like she's implying that young black women gyrating should be automatically more offensive than her middle finger.
more importantly, why does she think it matters - matters enough to mention it twice, even?
and i would give the middle finger to mainstream culture if i had the chance
She's speaking to an interviewer about the situation.
She just ruined her whole career throwing Madonna under the bus like that. Madonna is very powerful and had her blacklisted for this.
Do you guys REALLY FEEL offended by what she did ?
cuz it seems like people are doing too much ! NOBODY even remembers that superbowl performance for MIA's middle finger its not even a big DEAL !
god !
I looked up mia giving finger and found that she is a perfomer. I thought she was a fan and MIA was Miami Dolphins. I found this video during a search for Miami vs. Saints.
USA is uptight and puritanical but if this nation were really moral or Christian we wouldn't allow so much to be spent/ wasted on the military.
hehe, I hope you won. Just saw this video. Because I was looking for some others, of yours.
do you know anything about her past? or what she had to survive through as a child. Her music is reflective of that...
What did she breach in her contract ?
Would it b the NFL's fault for not learning from Janet Jackson they should have been a few seconds ahead just in case and its MIA
M.ia 100% agree with you. Keep up the good work.
Who is she speaking to on the phone?
She is so right.
You know this is because a "minority" got offended.
She having an interview via phone...
YOU GO GIRL
WE NEED MORE WOMEN LIKE YOU!!!
January 2012 called. It wants its news story back.
I search Mia Khalifa but got this instead
In addition, did you not rehearse with Madonna before the performance? Did you not know there were going to be underaged cheerleaders there before the broadcast? Why did you not speak up THEN? Bringing it up now sounds disingenuous and self-serving. If it is wrong now, it was wrong then. Why did you keep silent all this time but now you feel the urge to speak up? I can think of 1.5 million reasons why...
I don't get it. I agree that the NFL and cheer leading are cultural activities that undermine and objectify women. BUT if she was so against those things:
Why did she accept to appear in their event?
Why did she endorse their misoginy (and Madonna's show) in the first place?
Why sign an unfair contract and then break it.
Plus, why is she (pretending?) to talk on the phone? Instead of talking to the camera as anyone who wants to convey a clear message does.
Is she on the phone??
yes
what's her point? that the cheerleaders should've gotten sued as well? I'm not supporting the NFL in this; I think MIA is right to call them out on hypocrisy -- but her reasoning seems disingenuous here: if the young cheerleaders were being exploited, why didn't MIA voice her objections earlier? A production like this gets rehearsed at least half a dozen times, you can't say you weren't aware of their exploitation. And a middle-finger to the camera doesn't make your mainstream participation punk rock; it's cheap shock value.
1.5 million for a glimpse of the middle finger is outrageous. Meanwhile sexual exploiting is encouraged.
*it’s modonna who spoke to the nfl to sue u cuz u were the best new thing there* *AMERICA THE FOOLISH* ‼️‼️‼️‼️
LOL the way she just flashed us
So why didn't the NFL acknowledge or warn MIA before the gig your honour, after she clearly used the said "gesture" at the exact same moment in the video clip "Gimme all your love" with the performer Madonna? Had/has the NFL not seen the video clip by Madonna?
If the NFL consider themselves to be the "injured party" in this particular lawsuit, what or how is/was this "gesture" injurious to the brand and "image" of this particular "entertainment organisation" ( Read Not sporting organisation)...err..umm.
Stick to the "rough neighbourhood" projects NFL...That form of self -promotion bears fruit. As for the finger...didn't see it.
wow, I would like to meet mia
i honestly thought i was listening to madonna until i saw the video lol
If she felt disgusted, then why did she do it?
Obviously, you nor I can answer that for her (I'm not trying to make you speak for her), but for her to bring up her moral outrage now, makes her seem less than genuine.
DAMN!, she's got BEAUTIFUL hands & fingers. She could give me the finger anytime. She's GORGEOUS and quite thoughtful.
Now I hope people understand her in 2019
Giving the middle finger is the punk rock version of female empowerment? I didn't know that. I guess teen aged kids are empowering women every day then, huh?
Maya is welcome to seek refuge in my embassy any time...
She ended up getting 500$ for the performance which is nothing compared to how Much she gets paid for her other performances
Based on The Communication Act of 1934 that prohibits "any obscene, indecent or profane language by means of broadcast communication". This is backed by the FCC. While I understand your point of sexual orientation. However, as long as there is no nudity, it does not brake any law.
You are aware the origin of the term "Redskin" refers to their face paint, and not the color of their skin, right?
Yes, you are so punk rock. You appeared in the Super Bowl halftime show and yet you still want street cred?
Sex on tv is okay to show but not a middle finger. That makes no sense!! The NFL is very childish
You are not being sued for being offensive (which you are). You are being sued for breaching your contract. Also, it is not up to you to determine what is offensive. I hope they get back every penny from you. People need to learn that there are consequences for their actions. If it is worth millions to flip the middle finger to the world, then go ahead.
really not beyond the point considering its the crux of her argument
The middle finger is not offensive, but if she signed a contract that agreed she would behave a certain way, then she needed to stick to that. Just pay the fine and use your celebrity to bring attention to those places where genocide is occuring.
It's funny because she's wearing a Raiders sweatshirt
Hundreds of millions of people (children) have access to naked music videos. People making sexual gestures like Miley. Yeah...I think the culture deserves the middle finger. Go MIA
you all are missing the point. She's not telling us 'f you'. It's definitely not about being 'punk rock.' I saw the video. She went up and spread her legs. Obviously, you could tell that she was disgusted with doing it, and there goes your middle finger. She had conflicted feelings. So, it was the 'female empowerment' at that exact moment. The question is, who orchestrated the dance? and why was it depicted that way? That's your music industry.
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She breached her contract with the NFL, and now she has to pay... All of you guys sign a contract with a major corporation and breach it and see what happens to y'all, so they are sending a message to anybody else that does it
no, its M . I . A . and she's not an actor. Her eyebrows are fab btw
Is she really on the phone or.....
Love you MIA..... 💎❤️💎❤️💎❤️
now what do they have to say uh? preach matangi!
I thought it was cool! I hadn't been so happy since JT exposed Janets teat. Mia is a badass to most young yanks. Thank you for being a badass. We luv u
why was it necessary for her to mention that the girls were black? what does that have to do with anything?
POWER UP M.I.A., POWER UP!
most of the girls dont look black, in fact in the freeze frame they all look white..?
Race has nth to do with the performance M.I.A...those were college girls all of age...but the nfl isnt going at this right by sueing you for that much money....m.i.a you rock so do what you gotta do!
I love M.I.A.
"You're talking about people's taste in music and you like that bullshit that comes out of MIA's horse mouth?"
That's a very ironic sentence, coming from someone who listens to such horses as Lil' Wayne, Britney Spears, DJ Khaled and all of this "radio-friendly" bullshit. Your mind is not ready for M.I.A.'s music, that's why you're on her videos critizing her work.
Also, she's a gorgeous woman, btw if you don't agree with that you should know that her music is more important than her look.
Haha the police siren was all i could focus on
I think its a shame she would try and justify what she did, Cheerleaders all across the us perform those kinds of routine . Nothing about there routine screams F--- you however the middle finger has been associated with that for centuries. Here's a direct question to MIA or whatever her name is ( Would you point your middle finger to your Mom, Dad, either of your Grand Parents) what you think would happen.. So why point it to me and the millions of people that were watching the Super Bowl. Have some Class MIA, Beyoncé would have never flipped the bird nor Kelly or Michelle .....
It's a middle finger grandpa get over it. Worse things have happened on television. The fact that you're force feeding yourself this mass media garbage is ridiculous in itself. Try teaching your grandson something that will actually benefit humanity instead of teaching him how to sensationalize televised events that have no actual significance in any of our lives and never will.
Ok vic i know what it is or was I dont think Its appropiate and my point is was and will always be would you point it at your mom or dad or elders thank you....
Edward Williams IV so ariana grande can say fuck on tv three times kids probably watch and you think stick a middle finger is bad? hey jim do you have grand daughters? how you like seeing them googly eyed over a half naked JB?
She is so damn right. Sad i just would this Video right now and not years ago. But still good and an actuall problem.
The background girls were dancing as if they would at there school dance, you fuck us all off
WAAAAA MOMMY! I NEED A HUG .THEY INSULTED ME BBBOOOHHOO
MIA is throwing Madonna and black girls under the bus.
LISTEN MY FAM MUMBAI MIA I FUCKING LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU HAVE NO IDEA I CANNOT EXPLAIN AAHHHHHHH