The New York Times Presents

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The New York Times Presents — Season 1, Episode 10: Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

Documentary70 min3 seasons, 20 episodes7.2/10

Episode synopsis

In 2004, a culture war was brewing when the Super Bowl halftime show audience saw a white man expose a Black woman's breast for 9/16ths of a second. A national furor ensued. The woman was Janet Jackson, and her career was never the same.

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