Jennifer Lopez

"I believed a lot of what they said, which is that I wasn't really good," she says in her new Netflix documentary.

Halftime serves as the kickoff to the second half of Lopez's life, as she lays bare her evolution as a Latina, a mother, and an artist, taking agency in her career and using her voice for a greater purpose." "No matter what I achieved, [the media's] appetite to cover my personal life overshadowed everything," she says in the film. In Halftime, the Netflix film that explores her decades-spanning career as a giant in the entertainment industry, Lopez opens up about wanting to leave Hollywood for good.

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At one point, Lopez acknowledges that she has "lived my life in the public eye," which exhibits a gift for understatement. Indeed, while Lopez contends that the creative process around her shows can be "messy," this behind-the-scenes access is actually closer to boring. At one point she even tears up seeing some of the praise heaped upon her for "Hustlers," which she also produced.

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- Okay, yeah, all these late-night show jokes and rumors do sound awful. (Oh right, the money and acclaim.) - God, J.Lo’s kids Max and Emme are so cute! - Hey, it’s David Letterman! And so big! How does she choose which romantic comedy to star in?

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“I lost a little bit of who I was by trying to build a perfect family life,” Lopez said, reflecting on her marriage and divorce from Marc Anthony. “I was a single mom with two little kids. Lopez reflected on what it was like to come up as an actress during a time when “the beauty ideal was blonde, tall and with a lot of curves” and how she often became the target of a joke because of her body. “No matter what I achieved, their appetite to cover my personal life overshadowed everything that was happening in my career,” Lopez explained. when I came around the corner she was like,” Lopez said making clapping sounds. “I was always the athlete or the dancer… “I really thought I had a chance. “When I was a little girl, it was always ingrained in my head that I wasn’t the singer. Lopez discussed how she was typically “not into politics” but she felt the need to use her platform to make a statement. It’s a dark subject matter, but if we can get the message across in a beautiful way where it’s soft and can be received, then more people can get the message.” I was finding myself,” she said in the documentary, later adding, “There’s so much more I want to do. “I know that the Super Bowl people want us to be weaved throughout the show,” Shakira tells Lopez before the “I’m Real” singer interrupts: “I got kind of a good confirmation that we could have an extra minute or two so we’re at 13 or 14 minutes. “It was an insult to say that you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done,” said Lopez’s manager Benny Medina.

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She says that worrying about her children’s futures, and “living in a United States she didn’t recognize,” galvanized her. A film about Jennifer Lopez and her performance at the Super Bowl in 2020 was bound to generate headlines, but the Netflix documentary “Halftime” makes sure it happens. Complex topics like being a woman in a male-dominated movie industry and Hollywood double standards are explored briefly; more often, Lopez comments on fan-service subjects like the tabloids and that iconic Versace dress from the 2000 Grammys.

In the Netflix documentary Halftime, Jennifer Lopez plays a different role: cultural underdog.

In the end, it’s not so much that Halftime is a watchable film because Lopez is especially sympathetic as a multimillionaire A-lister underdog. “The truth is I really started to think I was gonna get nominated,” she says to the camera. “Frankly it’s thrilling to see a criminally underrated performer” — her voice catches in her throat — “get her due from prestige film outlets.” Recent documentaries about white women celebrities in the ‘90s and aughts have accused the media of mistreating these stars. It’s really about the industry politics surrounding Lopez, including the reception of Hustlers. The documentary shows her getting her hopes up with the press reaction to the movie and even reads a flattering article on camera. She quickly segued from a dancing Fly Girl on the comedy show In Living Color to Selena, and then finally to Hollywood A-lister and major pop star. But as she gained power and celebrity, there were persistent backlashes and jokes about her ethnicity and body. She was the first Latina paid $1 million for a movie role with 1997’s Selena and then broke records when her album and movie — J.Lo and The Wedding Planner — shot to No. 1 on the charts the same week of 2001. Recent documentaries about white women celebrities in the ’90s and aughts have accused the media of mistreating these stars. Then again, at least Lopez is honest about her aims (one of her albums is simply called Love?). In typical Lopez fashion, there are full-glam confessionals where she sits in a director’s chair and reflects on her life as images flash onscreen. I want something that’s gonna make a statement,” Jennifer Lopez says to an NFL producer in her new Netflix documentary, Halftime. She’s responding to executives trying to cut out scenes of children in cages from her Super Bowl show, and she’s fed up.

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Why wouldn't I just go away?" "I just had very low self-esteem. I just didn't belong here.

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“I really thought I had a chance,” Lopez says. I’m so proud she’s getting the recognition she deserves.” The doc also goes out of its way to directly quote awards pundits wondering aloud that Lopez may seem too much like a celebrity to award acting’s greatest prize in earnest. Her producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, phones in with the first round of “Hustlers” reviews. So the prospect of her all-access documentary – Netflix’s “Halftime,” which opened this year’s Tribeca Film Festival and debuts on the streamer today – not only makes perfect sense for J. Lo-the-brand but also suggests her larger obligation to the truth as she enters the fourth decade of a tremendous career in show business. Directed by Amanda Micheli, “Halftime” masterfully creates a subplot around Lopez’s momentum as a contender for best supporting actress prizes. On the petty byways of Hollywood, bruised egos and anger over a star’s inability to get awards attention is never spoken of publicly.

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Speaking of her daughter, Lopez’s decision to have her sing "Born in the USA" was also a carefully thought out statement. Lopez intended to bring awareness to the images that haunted her to become more vocal in the first place. However in recent years, she was living in a United States she "didn’t recognize" and she was "afraid for her kids' future." In the Super Bowl Halftime Show, the singer purposefully included elements in the show to make a statement. As she described in the documentary, she was told the show had to be 12 minutes, but there was a possibility of adding one or two extra minutes. Thankfully, she let her desire to become a singer, actress and dancer push her to fulfill her dreams. It’s not clear as to what publication was guilty of such a faux pas, but she has admirably pushed through such criticism and body shaming. In Halftime, Lopez mentioned she typically was a person that wasn’t into politics. Now to be clear, the film is in no way a play-by-play of the star’s life. It was an insult to say you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done." In terms of being a triple-threat entertainer, Jennifer Lopez has certainly earned a reputation as one of the best to ever do it. Let’s start this off by saying in no way did Lopez mention she had an issue with Shakira. For those hoping to catch some juicy news about a beef between the two women, you won’t find that here.

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- Okay, yeah, all these late-night show jokes and rumours do sound awful. - God, J Lo’s kids Max and Emme are so cute! (Oh right, the money and acclaim.) And so big! Now, though, a brand new Netflix documentary is here to demystify the legend. How does she choose which romantic comedy to star in?

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“This is so taken out of context,” agreed another. “To imply that belly dancing = ass shaking, is reductive,” someone said. “Did you watch the documentary??” someone tweeted. “That's why she said that together they had more to offer than just another super bowl show.” We can’t have that!'” she begins. “She was trying to fight to project the message of the cages filled with children to the nfl producer and saying they’re more than just shaking their asses and belly dancing on screen, she had a message about human rights.” So, away from the wider context of the scene — in which Jennifer is attempting to fight for the political symbolism in the show — fans interpreted the singer’s words to be reductive of belly dancing and its significance within other cultures. “I want something real. For some context, belly dancing has long been associated with Middle Eastern cultures, and is thought to have first arisen in Ancient Egypt. From the earliest days of her career, Shakira has become known for this style of dance, using it to channel her father’s Lebanese-Syrian Arab roots. And now that the entire documentary has been released, it seems that J.Lo and the halftime organizers weren’t quite seeing eye to eye about the more political aspects of the performance either. The performance then picks up tempo and little Emme steps out of the cage to be reunited with her mom, who emerges from the back of the stage wearing a feather cape with the Puerto Rican flag on one side and the American flag on the other. At the time, J.Lo and Shakira were both widely praised for incorporating political symbolism and drawing attention to the devastating treatment of immigrants in the US.