Brian May's website are reporting (Queen News Thurs 15th Jan) organisers of the NFL Super Bowl have decided not to feature a duet between two of the world biggest music stars - Bono, and J-Lo - during the interval.
The reason?
Because the song they were going to sing, entitled American Prayer is about AIDS in Africa.
The Superbowl attracts a huge audience in the US and the halftime advertising slots are as expensive as those allocated during the Oscars. It looks as if the TV companies don't want their revenue hit by such inappropriate (sic) subject as AIDS - nevermind AIDS effecting people in another farawaycontinent.
No doubt it will be fine to promote patriotism e.g. American soldiers killed in Iraq, great American companies e.g. Pepsi or Coke, or new gas guzzling, pollution spewing cars, but a direct mention of a key challenge facing mankind - well, that's just not cricket is it? Afterall who wants their entertainment 'ruined' by the mention of somebody else's problems?
Quite. I'm not going to say anymore lest I become even more incoherent than normal - but I could rant about this for quite some time....
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