beavis and butthead is actually good

Submitted by twovests in just_post (edited )

i haven't seen this since my very very early childhood

but it feels like a high-budget version of the flash animations i saw in my very early childhood

it feels so very slightly surreal, the titular characters feel almost like a pair of ancient jesters

it allows you to indulge in really silly crude humor that doesn't punch up or punch down. (at least i think. beavis and butthead seem pretty misogynistic but they're Fool Protagonists. they have no Virtues to them. except maybe being a little introspective)

edit: hmmm :(

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neku wrote

beavis and butthead... my unproblematic favs

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devtesla wrote

I love beavis and butthead but it is not unproblematic, mike judge is conservative and the main joke is basically that the world keeps giving useless people like b&b second chances. He's smart enough to filter things through enough layers of like, who is the actual butt of the joke, for things to work, as well as picking targets that can take a joke.

I'm not really out here looking to make sure everything I watch passes an ideological standard, so I'm fine enjoying a conservative thing that's funny. I don't think it's making the world a worse place but it is what it is.

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twovests OP wrote

Replying to devtesla (#14,257)

yeah this describes it. i don't remember many specifics of old beavis and butthead, but i just finished the new movie and it seems (1) just like the original beavis and butthead and (2) i feel the same about it as you.

they just get into so many shenanigans

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cute_spider_ni_srsly wrote

I've been on a big Daria kick lately and King of the Hill is a perennial favorite of mine, but I never quite clicked with Beavis and Butthead.

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Moonside wrote

As a kid I had a demo cd that had you walk in a space ship to access video game demos and one of them was the Beavis and Butthead adventure game demo. Probably should watch the show and play the game someday!

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