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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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1 posted on 02/09/2013 8:51:47 AM PST by Para-Ord.45
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To: miliantnutcase; shibumi; Dr.Zoidberg

LOLOL


3 posted on 02/09/2013 8:59:24 AM PST by Salamander (We're all kinds of animals comin' round here...occasional demons, too.)
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LMAO!

4 posted on 02/09/2013 8:59:59 AM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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5 posted on 02/09/2013 9:00:46 AM PST by struggle (http://killthegovernment.wordpress.com/)
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That is Obama in his Sunday best.


6 posted on 02/09/2013 9:01:26 AM PST by deadrock
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ZOIDBERG!

She is vulgar looking and no, I wouldn’t hit it.


7 posted on 02/09/2013 9:01:34 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

Say goodbye, Beyoncé.


8 posted on 02/09/2013 9:01:43 AM PST by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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9 posted on 02/09/2013 9:01:56 AM PST by smoothsailing
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So I’m confused. Is she supposed to be black?


10 posted on 02/09/2013 9:04:15 AM PST by Mercat (Never laugh at live dragons)
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"So I’m confused. Is she supposed to be black?"

I'm confused, too. Is she supposed to be entertaining?

12 posted on 02/09/2013 9:07:13 AM PST by Baynative (I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.)
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To: Para-Ord.45

There are some pretty funny ‘shops at the source....


13 posted on 02/09/2013 9:08:38 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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I'm a single lady
14 posted on 02/09/2013 9:11:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper (If you want to ring the bell - you got to swing the hammer hard!)
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15 posted on 02/09/2013 9:12:26 AM PST by grasshopper2
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"Get out of that crazy costume and I'll buy you a Coke." Col. Bat Guano
16 posted on 02/09/2013 9:15:00 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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it looks like it's passing a stone...
17 posted on 02/09/2013 9:17:06 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: Baynative

Ever watch any of those black comedians on Com Channel?
B-ounce, is just expressing that “culture’s” vulgarity and In Yo face pissedoffishness.


18 posted on 02/09/2013 9:19:24 AM PST by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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When a woman wears outfits like that, assumes positions like that, and makes faces like that in front of thousands of people with cameras and cellphones, it’s a little silly to think that she can later control the images that emerge.


19 posted on 02/09/2013 9:26:45 AM PST by A_perfect_lady
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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.


20 posted on 02/09/2013 9:28:11 AM PST by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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