The Super Bowl is a very talked-about topic at Powell High School. It’s also a time when friends and family come together and have a friendly competition on which team will win. Every year, they have well-known artists performing at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. For example, last year it was Kendrick Lamar. And this year it was Bad Bunny.
Students at Powell High School had some opinions about Bad Bunny’s performance and whether or not he should actually have been chosen to perform.
“I watched it, and I liked how it had a lot of hidden meanings,” junior Maddison Rodriguez said. “I also thought it was really cool that he was the first person to perform the halftime show in Spanish.”
Some people say that one of the problems with the halftime show was the language barrier. Even though Spanish isn’t everyone’s language, some students claim that they still had a great time watching the show.
“I usually watch the Super Bowl l just for the halftime show,” junior Caydee Eden said. “Even though I didn’t necessarily understand it, I didn’t think it was a bad show.”
Some students, like junior Elizabeth Wood, were excited to see everyone’s reaction to Bad Bunny performing at the halftime show.
“As soon as it came on, I ran next door to see everyone’s reactions to it,” Wood said. “Surprisingly, I saw my baby brother dancing.”
Some students liked the messages that came through during his performance.
“I liked the part where he gave a statement about unity, saying that together we are America,” freshman Kenzie Moger said. “At first I didn’t know what he meant, but then my grandma translated it for me, and then I understood it.”
While some students were glad about the show and had no complaints, others weren’t able to say the same.
“I feel like it wasn’t planned as well as a lot of the other halftime shows,” sophomore Andrew Shelby said. “It could have been so much better if it was planned like the past years.”
Speaking Spanish while watching the halftime show was definitely a huge plus. Not only for students, but for staff too.
“I feel like speaking Spanish was definitely a huge plus, but it’s not like I sat there and watched the whole thing,” athletic director Richard Despain said. “I only picked up some parts of the show, and I understood some of it.”
While some Spanish-speaking students and staff at PHS had a great time while watching the show, others did not due to the language barrier.
“I didn’t think the halftime show was horrible, but it definitely wasn’t very good,” senior Decker Engesser said. “Since it wasn’t in English, I couldn’t understand any of it, so it just made it that much harder to watch.”
Even the staff enjoyed Bad Bunny’s representation of other countries during the halftime show.
“Not only did he talk about the culture in Puerto Rico,” said Despain. “He also talked about and brought up other countries, too, which I thought was nice as well.”
This year’s halftime show definitely sparked some mixed reactions among students at PHS. While some enjoyed the energetic performance, others thought there was something missing, and more could have been added to it.
