TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

Bad Bunny fan or not, one cannot deny the electricity his Super Bowl Halftime performance produced. The discourse and backlash were intense and disappointing, but nevertheless, latino’s rejoiced. In a political moment shaped by immigration crackdowns, ICE raids, protests, and rising conversations about identity , watching one of the world’s biggest stages center Spanish language, Latino culture, and unapologetic pride was powerful in a way that is hard to explain unless you felt it too. Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, much like his music, is so much more than the “ perreo .” It was drenched in symbolism, and even a real-life wedding . It encompasses Puerto Rican history, culture , and politics , and sparks conversations that frankly do need to be part of U.S discourse.  Puerto Rico has been a U.S. territory since 1898,  following the Spanish-American War. In the Halftime performance, Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin came out singing “ Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii, ” a song th...