A new play called Nine Sixteenths is showing at Brixton House in London. The play looks at what happened to singer Janet Jackson in 2004. During the Super Bowl halftime show, her costume broke. Her breast was shown on TV for just a moment. About 140 million people saw it on television. Many people were upset. Janet Jackson lost her record deals after this. Her career got much harder. But the man with her, Justin Timberlake, kept working and became even more famous.
The play was made by Paula Varjack. She uses music, dancing, and sign language to tell the story. The show asks why this happened to Jackson but not to Timberlake. It looks at how being a Black woman made things worse for her. The play also talks about similar situations with other women. One example is when Francesca Amewudah-Rivers got abuse online. The play is powerful and makes people think about unfair treatment in the music world.
Sources: theguardian.com
The words in bold are from the article.
| 1. showing | a. wrong |
| 2. upset | b. behavior |
| 3. lost | c. created |
| 4. harder | d. more difficult |
| 5. famous | e. gave up |
| 6. made | f. strong |
| 7. happened | g. performing |
| 8. treatment | h. occurred |
| 9. powerful | i. well-known |
| 10. unfair | j. angry |
1.g 2.j 3.e 4.d 5.i 6.c 7.h 8.b 9.f 10.a