L.A. Times | To the editor: A White House advisor criticizing the selection of Bad Bunny to perform the halftime show for the Super Bowl (“Anyone calling Bad Bunny un-American needs a geography lesson,” Oct. 4) is reminiscent of James Watt (President Reagan’s interior secretary) versus The Beach Boys. Watt announced that The Beach Boys would not be a part of the 1983 Independence Day celebrations on the National Mall because they attracted what he called the “wrong element.” He preferred someone more wholesome, like Wayne Newton, who did perform that day. The criticism was swift and almost universal. Even Nancy Reagan called The Beach Boys “fine, outstanding people.” ~ Thomas Butterworth, Tustin
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