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GoneOffShore

(17,855 posts)
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 04:07 AM Feb 2025

Josh Johnson breaks down the Super Bowl half time show -

Why Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl Half-time Show Is America
It's long. There are some very funny moments.
Right at the end is this very important moment.
‘Art can save your life…. Art can absolutely save your life….. But believe me when I tell you that entertainment will never be your salvation…. entertainment is escapism …. no one has ever escaped their chains by forgetting they were there’


Here's the video -
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Josh Johnson breaks down the Super Bowl half time show - (Original Post) GoneOffShore Feb 2025 OP
I guess I will need to see this. Lithos Feb 2025 #1
I watched the show after the fact because I didn't want to stay up until 4A GoneOffShore Feb 2025 #2
That was great! He doesn't start to talk about Kendrick until the 18:00 mark. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #3
I really, really like Josh Johnson blogslug Feb 2025 #4
Someone put him up there with George Carlin and Dick Gregory GoneOffShore Feb 2025 #5

GoneOffShore

(17,855 posts)
2. I watched the show after the fact because I didn't want to stay up until 4A
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 05:14 AM
Feb 2025

Plus, no real interest in the game itself.
And then, because I didn't get all the references that Kendrick made (actually only about 5%), I wanted to understand the controversy.

I knew that Josh Johnson would have a good explanation.

SunSeeker

(56,170 posts)
3. That was great! He doesn't start to talk about Kendrick until the 18:00 mark.
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 05:29 AM
Feb 2025

But all of it is great. Josh Johnson is a very talented stand-up. We'll be seeing more of him, I hope.

blogslug

(38,925 posts)
4. I really, really like Josh Johnson
Sun Feb 23, 2025, 08:21 AM
Feb 2025

Thought-provoking, compelling and funny. He doesn't punch down. He isn't dependent on one-liners or other shtick.

Bonus: He's a correspondent on The Daily Show!

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