Townsville Bloke Reckons Puerto Rico Must Be A Lot Like Far North QLD After Watching The Super Bowl

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Global pop music superstar Bad Bunny made history yesterday as the first ever artist to perform an entire Spanish-language set at the Super Bowl halftime show.

With a line up of special Latin American cameos, from Ricky Martin to Cardi B and Pedro Pascal, the performance has been praised for it's high production value and authentic cultural flair - in the backdrop of increased political tensions that has seen the demonisation of Hispanic migrants across all major cities in America.

As a proud Puerto Rican, Bad Bunny honoured his homeland while highlighting the growing influence of Latino culture in mainstream entertainment.

The Puerto Rican diaspora right across the world are now rejoicing in an Olympic-sized celebration of pride after having their customs and history beamed out to billions during the Super Bowl broadcast.

However, the iconic performance also felt strangely familiar to hundreds of thousands of Australians living a long way away from the Americas.

Sitting in a pub in the Northern Queensland city of Townsville, local beef importer Robbie Dametto (55) coulda sworn that entire show was set in his part of the world.

"Mate. First I saw the sugar cane, I was thinking, that's gotta be up round Ingham, hey?" says Dametto.

"Then I see this bloke dancing on the back of an old pick up truck doing burn outs. I'm thinking crikey I've seen this a thousand times before"

As Dametto went on to explain, the back up dancers of all different colours looked exactly like Far North Queensland, and when he saw the old blokes sitting round playing cards and drinking coffee - with all the fruit stands and what not.

"Then you've got Ricky Martin. I mean if he isn't a dead ringer for Crisafulli then I'm not here" he says.