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Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show: 10 Things You Didn’t See on TV

Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl performance saved some nuance for Superdome viewers -- here's what TV viewers missed.

Obviously every Super Bowl halftime show comes together quickly on the field, but Lamar’s stage was constructed breathtakingly fast: the light sticks were scattered, the light-up bracelets were tested, and the Buick Regal coupe was planted on a huge platform at midfield before most attendees could even make a bathroom run. Speaking of quick movements, Samuel L. Jackson — who made multiple cameos as the narrator of the halftime show, dressed as (natch) Uncle Sam — also moved smoothly along with the stage setup, popping up at different locations within the morphing terrain to deliver his grand statements. While it was only visible on the telecast for a couple seconds, the setup for GNX highlight “peekaboo” was jaw-dropping to witness in the stadium, with dancers quickly corralled into different corners of X-shaped structures onstage, then banging their bodies forward with abandon as Lamar sleekly dipped between the factions.

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