Madonna gets a Super Bowl ride from Redfoo of LMFAO / Associated Press photo by Paul Sancya

It was the most spectacular Super Bowl halftime production evah. What else did you expect from Madonna?

She had several different themes (Roman gladiators, football bleachers and marching band, a church scene) and costume changes to match. She had the most smashing Super Bowl stage evah (actually a giant video screen), covering the football field and projecting artful images. She had myriad dancers, a tightrope walker and a gospel choir. She had hip young guests (Nicki Minaj, M.I.A.) and commercialized collaborators (LMFAO, Cee Lo Green of NBC's "The Voice"). She knows how to stage a spectacle.

Madonna had one stumble because of her high-heel boots but no fumbles.

You weren't surprised that she was lip-synching for all 13 minutes, were you?

She mashed up her biggest hits — "Vogue," "Music," "Express Yourself," "Like a Prayer" — with snippets of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It." And she uncorked her new single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," complete with a rah-rah cheerleading segments so appropos for football's biggest game.

In this carefully orchestrated Big Moment, the 53-year-old pop icon carried on with plenty of panache but little heart. When she fell through a trap door at show's end and "World Peace" was spelled out on the field, my reaction was Meh-donna.