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‘Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson’

Producer/Director Jodi Gomes
Reporter/Senior Producer Rachel Abrams
Reporter Alan Light

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The term “wardrobe malfunction” has been part of our vocabulary ever since Janet Jackson’s right breast made a surprise appearance at the end of the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show.

When Justin Timberlake tore off part of Jackson’s bustier in front of 70,000 people in Houston’s Reliant Stadium, over 140 million people watching on TV gasped — if they noticed.