The music journalist: "The scandals would not have been as big today"

This weekend is the Swedish premiere of The New York Times documentary Blotad: The scandal that brought down Janet Jackson.

The film tells the story of the so-called Nippelgate: the drive that followed Janet Jackson accidentally exposing one nipple to 140 million TV viewers when fellow artist Justin Timberlake tore off her corset during a 2004 Super Bowl appearance.

The incident was fatal for Janet Jackson.

- There was an outcry.

The program received lots of reports and Janet Jackson was blacklisted from several TV and radio channels.

But Justin Timberlake could sit and laugh this off.

It was not until several years later that they began to address how unfair the debt issue became, says Hanna Frelin, a radio producer who made a P3 music documentary about the incident.

"Had not been as bad today"

The documentary tries to find out why Janet Jackson was punished so severely.

Sexism and misogyny towards women in the 90's pop world, such as the Spice Girls and Britney Spears, have been scrutinized in several documentaries over the past year.

- I think it's about the fact that the conversation about gender equality has changed.

It's been so long that we can look back on these events and really see what happened.

These scandals would not have been as big today, it would not have been as bad.

The main characters are not included

But the fact that neither Janet Jackson nor Britney Spears participate in the documentaries about themselves can be potentially problematic, says Hanna Frelin.

- These are stories that are quite traumatic for them as private individuals.

I can not say anything about what Janet Jackson will say after this film, but Britney Spears went out after her documentary and said that it felt terrible that these events were brought up again.

It still becomes someone else's image of those who are conveyed.