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Tití me preguntó si tengo mucha’ novia’
“Tití me preguntó si tengo mucha’ novia'” (Auntie asked me if I have many girlfriends) was how this year’s epic Bad Bunny Superbowl halftime performance started and this was by far the lingual highlight of my week! This year’s halftime show was the first one performed almost entirely in Spanish, and with references to Puerto Rican history and culture all over it. It starts with a historical walk-through from the beginning scene with sugar cane workers in pava hats, representing the slave-like conditions Puerto Ricans endured under U.S. corporate rule, to cultural nods like a game of dominoes and a piragua stand, to exploding power poles, indicative of Puerto Rico’s…