Analysis: JLo and shakira get the whole country dancing with the first all-Latin SuperBowl halftime show
, Latin beats in spades, and an impressive performance by J.Lo’s 11-year old daughter Emme on “Let’s Get Loud” -- ending with Emme singing alongside her American/Puerto Rican flag-draped mama -- and you got a halftime show that majorly broke ranks from previous years.
The answer is: as evenly as humanly possible, cramming a lot of music into sets where both performers created shows built on dance moves and dance troupes more than vocals, but where there were two clear distinct styles: Shakira’s more playful, tropical, colorful and Latin, and J.Lo’s more razzle-dazzle, over-the-top, Vegas-style show married to a very exacting dance routine.
The grand finale was Shakira’s signature “Hips Don’t Lie,” while body surfing into the crowd. The move was obviously perfectly planned, but executed with spontaneous abandon, capping a colorful, celebratory set punctuated by Shakira moving to the Colombian beat of champeta -- she does this so well -- and the parting words: “No fighting.
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