The infamous “wardrobe malfunction” involving Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show is the focus of a new documentary from the creators of “Framing Britney Spears.”
Super Bowl 38 has gone down as one of the most memorable broadcasts in the history of the NFL, and that has nothing to do with the New England Patriots eking out a win against the Carolina Panthers in the fourth quarter.
The 2004 event left viewers reeling, sparked a crackdown from the FCC and left one of the performers to suffer a major career fallout. That’s the topic of “Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson,” and according to the documentary’s director, Jodi Gomes, even now it’s “something you can’t ignore.”It only took nine-sixteenths of a second before cameras cut away from the incident, seen by 144 million viewers, but the damage to Jackson’s career continued for years.