Lady Gaga tore the roof off of NRG Stadium in Houston on Sunday with one of the greatest Super Bowl halftime shows in history and delivered not the barnstorming anti-Donald Trump protest some feared, but a subtle message of inclusion and unity.
From the outset, Gaga served notice this was no ordinary halftime show
-- she began her performance from the lip of the stadium roof, an army of 300
drones forming a twinkling American flag in the sky.
Then she took flight (literally) at the end of the pre-recorded
sequence.
The singer, clad in a sparkling silver bodysuit and knee high boots,
then appeared to leap from the edge the retractable roof onto the stage with
the help of some sturdy wires -- and the performance was nonstop from there.
And although she didn't mention President
Trump once, her performance was praised as 'incredible' by Ivanka Trump afterwards.
Ahead of the show, all eyes were on Lady Gaga to see whether she would use the platform to rip into President Donald Trump at a tense time in US politics.
Even with Vice President Mike Pence in attendance, Gaga -- a sworn foe
of Trump -- kept with the game's guidelines to steer clear of overt politics.
Super Bowl performances are rarely directly provocative, although last
year Beyonce startled many by playing her single 'Formation.' Its video had a
message against police brutality.
Instead the singer, known for her audacious outfits, delivered what
seemed to be a more subtle message.
'How are you doing tonight, Texas? How are you doing tonight, America?'
Gaga asked.
'We're here to make you feel good,' she said.
The singer was then lowered into the stadium and down onto the field to perform a number of her classic hits including 'Poker Face' and 'Born This Way.'
This year's Super Bowl followed a fierce presidential election campaign
which Trump won in November but which left the country at least as fractured
afterwards as before it began. Trump was greeted with massive protests just
after taking office on January 20, and his policy moves have sparked further
protests and controversy in the first weeks of his presidency.
Ahead of her high-profile performance, watched by more than 100 million
U.S. viewers, Gaga, 30, said in a post on the Instagram social media network
that she planned to headline the slot entirely on her own, eschewing a
tradition of halftime main acts bringing on special guests.
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