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...half time of Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta, the NFL and Disney will unveil "Tapestry of Nations," a global-diversity play narrated by Edward James Olmos and featuring aerial dancers, puppets, a multigenerational choir, a symphony orchestra, and music by Phil Collins, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton and Christina Aguilera. Too much? Perhaps, though the quality of the Super Bowl's 10-min. themed extravaganzas may actually be improving. Some historical evidence...
...core rappers of the late '80s are gone--now you're more likely to hear rappers endorsing their favorite type of soft drink than saying, "Kill the pigs." The pre-teen girls that used to scream themselves hoarse at Hole concerts are now shrieking to Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera...
Christina Aguilera wants to be the nasty Britney Spears. She desperately wants to be objectified. "I have breast implants! I have breast implants!" she seems to scream, but no one really listens. And so she's decided to take it up a notch. "What a Girl Wants" shouldn't be an offensive song. The chorus actually reads: "What a girl wants, what a girl needs/Whatever makes me happy and sets you free... Whatever keeps me in your arms/I wanna thank you for giving me time to breathe." There's some complexity there, right? (Bear with me. Just pretend there...
Imagine Christina Aguilera in front of hundreds of screaming fans. Now imagine most of those fans are over thirty. That was the scene at Avalon last month as the 21-plus club hosted the KISS 108 FM Jingle Ball concert, featuring several artists who normally appeal to a decidedly younger audience. Even 18-year-old Aguilera would have been bounced if she'd tried to enter through the club's front door. However, the crowd, made up of largely of lucky listeners, tried their best to impersonate a teenage audience, and, as the night wore on and the alcohol flowed...
...Aguilera followed next and easily compensated for Jewel's weakened throat with a strong voice and heavily choreographed numbers with two male dancers. In a highly-charged performance that included "What a Girl Wants" and a cover version of "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," she had the audience hooked. She closed with a seductive performance of her ubiquitous hit "Genie in a Bottle," looking very genie-like in velvet black pants and with an exposed stomach...