The Complaints the FCC Got Because of Super Bowl 50

Beyoncé at the Super Bowl. (Photo: Arnie Papp/CC BY 2.0)

A version of this story originally appeared on Muckrock.com.

The FCC has released 45 complaints it received regarding Super Bowl 50, mostly concerning the half-time show. And if you’ve seen the Saturday Night Live sketch “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black,” you already have a pretty good idea of where this is going.

Yes, the overwhelming majority of complaints were directed at Beyoncé’s performance of “Formation,” which was labeled divisive…

disgraceful…

disgraceful and disgusting…

disgraceful and offensive…

racist…

racist (sic)…

anti-police…

anti-family…

anti-America…

anti-everything that isn’t the Black Panthers, really…

And most damning of all, sorely lacking in “Single Ladies.”

A few complaints didn’t even bother to provide any details beyond “Beyoncé,” as if she had become her own transcendental signifier for Middle American fury.

It wasn’t all Bey-rage, however - you have some legitimate gripes about the deaf community getting snubbed…

this somewhat less legitimate gripe about being haunted by the ghost of Michael Jackson’s junk…

concerns about the oversexualization of animals and animal hybrids…

and this guy, our Superbowl 50 FCC complaint MVP:

Read the full complaints here.