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'Unflattering' photos of Beyoncé during Super Bowl's halftime show become instant meme
http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | February 8 2013 | OLIVIA FLEMING

Posted on 02/09/2013 8:51:43 AM PST by Para-Ord.45

An 'unflattering' picture of Beyoncé performing at the Super Bowl's halftime show has transformed into a fully-fledged meme; one to rival McKayla Maroney's now-iconic 'Not Impressed' scowl. After Beyoncé's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, emailed Buzzfeed earlier this week to ask that the site 'respectfully change' several images of her client to 'some better photos' from the halftime show, her attempt backfired in epic proportions. Buzzfeed published the email, and in the Internet phenomenon known as the Streisand Effect, one image in particular circulated so virulently it became an instant meme.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beyonc; beyonce; meme; mua
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To: Para-Ord.45

Yuck, but you gotta admit the “SheHulk” is funny, the rest not so.


21 posted on 02/09/2013 9:31:05 AM PST by izzatzo
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To: Para-Ord.45

"....I'm guessin any trips to the UK have been postponnned"

22 posted on 02/09/2013 9:34:47 AM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Past Your Eyes

Superbowl halftime entertainment was pretty harmless into the ‘80s and didn’t become degenerate until well into the ‘90s.

http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history/entertainment


23 posted on 02/09/2013 9:40:01 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Past Your Eyes
I’d rather watch the high school marching band that came in 24th in the North Dakota marching band competition than watch what passes for half time Super Bowl entertainment these days.

Bring it on!

Have them do the Star Spangled Banner while you're at it, instead of some "personal" rendition by the low-life talent that usually performs it (notice the absence of the word sing).

First Super Bowl I ever intentionally did not watch, not even the highlights on ESPN or the evening news. Cannot stand the Ravens, especially Ray Lewis.

And the QB for the 49'ers looks like he should be in an orange jumpsuit or an NBA uniform with his tattoos, goatee and end-zone celebration. What a revolting spectacle!

And why bother to watch it just for the commercials? They will be running for the next six months any way.

24 posted on 02/09/2013 9:43:51 AM PST by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: RetSignman
i repeat, it looks like it's passing a stone, or trying to...

are those tracks on the arms

26 posted on 02/09/2013 9:54:26 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: N. Theknow

And I won`t even get into the murder he was involved in:

If everyone is secretly suspicious of so many athletic achievements in the 21st century, why aren’t we talking about it?

“Why isn’t anyone questioning Ray Lewis’s miraculous recovery from a torn triceps muscle? At age 37, not only did he recover in 10 weeks from an injury that usually takes 6 months minimum for recovery, but, upon returning, he played at a higher level than before he was injured. Are sports ‘journalists’ incapable of learning from their own mistakes (we JUST HAD both the Baseball HOF vote and Lance admitting to steroid use), or is the sport just bigger than the truth?”

When Bertrand Berry and Ty Warren suffered a complete tear of their triceps, it took them six months to recover. When Arizona left tackle Levi Brown suffered a complete tear of his triceps in August 2012, the Cardinals immediately put him on their season-ending injured list. When Ray Lewis suffered a complete tear of his triceps in mid-October, we thought he was finished for the season … only he returned to action a little more than two months later. During the third month of his “recovery,” he made 17 tackles in a double-overtime playoff game in Denver. In 13-degree weather. At age 37.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8904906/daring-ask-ped-question


27 posted on 02/09/2013 9:57:30 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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28 posted on 02/09/2013 9:59:51 AM PST by RedMDer (Support Free Republic)
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To: Mercat
Is she supposed to be black?

She used to be....

29 posted on 02/09/2013 10:01:52 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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To: Chode

Epic failed Tina Turner wanna be who ends up looking like on of those derp ermhagurd memes:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/b4baf5bb55e9eba9074fb8ed6a3a242e/tumblr_mhvhxyg8b41rodhzko1_500.jpg

http://d22zlbw5ff7yk5.cloudfront.net/images/cm-49075-051140708afc18.jpeg


30 posted on 02/09/2013 10:04:32 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: Para-Ord.45
it better be careful or it's face might stay that way...
31 posted on 02/09/2013 10:10:25 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Mercat

She, like Michelle Obama, apparently has opted for “white” hair.

Why don’t black people question that?


32 posted on 02/09/2013 10:14:13 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic war against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Uh, I don’t want to sound uninformed, but who is Beyonce?


33 posted on 02/09/2013 10:14:13 AM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Chode

34 posted on 02/09/2013 10:17:55 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Doesn’t anyone use spell-check anymore? Isn’t her name Beyond?

Besides, who/what is she?

She started to play during the Super Bowl Half-Time and her ‘show’ put me into such a sound snooze I finally awakened in time to see the Raven safety and the end of the game.


35 posted on 02/09/2013 10:21:28 AM PST by x1stcav (Man up! We're all going to have to become Samuel Whittemores.)
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To: UCANSEE2
LOL...
36 posted on 02/09/2013 10:24:46 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Para-Ord.45

ExLax oughta get her under contract for commercials...


37 posted on 02/09/2013 10:30:53 AM PST by fattigermaster (If the tiger feasts, the jackal profits...when tigers sleep, the jackals rule.)
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To: grasshopper2

That’s not “unflattering” at all! Lucha Libre!


38 posted on 02/09/2013 10:31:21 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

In our area, Celtic Woman was playing at halftime on a different channel. I had the choice between sexualization or inspiration and chose the inspiration.

They were excellent in their “new” program “believe”.


39 posted on 02/09/2013 10:35:30 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: Para-Ord.45

40 posted on 02/09/2013 10:55:32 AM PST by Nateman (If liberals are not screaming you are doing it wrong!)
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