The First Super Bowl Halftime Show About the Depravity of Halftime Shows

Here it is, the first Super Bowl halftime show about the depravity of Super Bowl halftime shows. That might sound self-defeating, but last night, the 30-year-old Toronto star Abel Tesfaye just did more of what he’s done during his decade-long rise from to inescapable hitmaker. His sarcastically well-sung pop-R&B delivers sweetness with distinct notes of rot. He salutes head rushes and hangovers at the same time. Or, to put it in NFL terms, he makes mass entertainment about the way mass entertainment can give people brain damage. Were you left slightly amused, slightly bored, a