A Race To The Gutter

Pat Rockefeller of The Bowdoin Orient weighed in on the Janet Jackson breast exposing incident and had harsh words for the explanation offered by the partner in the stunt, *NSYNC’s Justin Timberlake, and the network that produced the Super Bowl halftime show, MTV. “The infuriating part of it all is that the whole incident only proves that all those involved were either exceedingly stupid themselves, or just figured that the rest of us were,” he wrote. “It was not a ‘wardrobe malfunction,’ Timberlake, you ripped her top off. Janet, that was a very decorative adornment to be wearing if this wasn’t planned. MTV, you promised a ‘shocking moment’ during Jackson’s half time show. Don’t insult us by claiming that the ‘shocking moment’ was going to be the appearance of Justin Timberlake. The man is omnipresent these days. The appearance of Justin Timberlake is as shocking as John Kerry referencing his service in Vietnam.”