The Super Bowl halftime show began with what looked like a scene from Macbeth, but instead of Birnam Wood coming to life and storming the field, it was a sugar cane field.

This was part of the show’s ode to Puerto Rican culture. Sugar cane fields used to be a big part of Puerto Rico, but there’s almost none grown on the island now. Sugar cane provides an evocative episode in the island’s history.

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