Three days after the Green Bay Packers doused Big Ben’s flame, it’s not the overhyped ads, but Christiana Aguilera’s lyrical misfire that shines blindingly. Before the final note’s fade, Facebook and Twitter were already clogged with thumbs down “disses.”
So now, in hopes of casting a blackout on Aguilera’s Super Bowl flop, the Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league baseball team, have rolled out the redemption carpet with a repeat performance invitation. Was the singer was so smug that she dismissed adequate preparation as passé? If so, she was dead wrong to do so, especially on Jerry Jones’ colossal stage.
Similarly, utmost quality is my expectation whenever I open the New York Times, a publication hailed journalistically superior. Even if its digital dependence has rendered the proofreader jobless, factual accuracy void of misspellings is not exactly a demand extreme. Discerning eyes don’t long to peer at Steele when the correct spelling is Steel, as in Danielle, the famed author. In “Repeat Offenses,” Phillip B. Corbett exposes the newspaper’s repetitive faults.
Whether Aguilera or the New York Times, the lingering question remains: “Lyric check and spell check, where art thou?”
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