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Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson

Nov 19, 2021 · 1h 9m
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Music

PLOT

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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CAST

Janet Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Justin Timberlake
Self (archive footage)
Tito Jackson
Self
Beth McCarthy-Miller
Self
Marc Lamont Hill
Self
Cathy Hughes
Self
Michael Musto
Self
Alan Light
Self
Directed by Jodi Gomes

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Released
Original language
EN
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—
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Production
The New York Times, Left/Right
Country
US

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