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Beavis
and Butthead are hot. Their program on MTV has
become one of the media sensations of 1993.
Ever sensitive to the nuances of teen fashion,
and ever ready to shamefully exploit a successful
commercial property, the executives at MTV have
all but surrendered their network to the alliterative
duo. "Beavis and Butthead" began as a weekly
half-hour show; the program is now broadcast
twice daily, Monday to Friday, bracketed with
a spin-off show aptly titled "Rock Videos That
Don't Suck." On Saturdays the pair command their
own hour-long primetime block. Media and cultural
critics are already taking notice, and "Beavis
and Butthead" is being hailed, or denounced,
depending upon your point of view, as a new
low in the history of television programming.
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Beavis
and Butthead, to put it mildly, possess no redeeming
social value, nor are they politically correct.
MTV, an unctious network, remarkably pleased
with its own unctiousness despite, or perhaps
because of its own programming, runs a disclaimer
before episodes of "Beavis and Butthead," pointing
out the crudity, sexism and general stupidity
of the boys - but what the hey, because, as
the disclaimer concludes, "For some reason the
little wienerheads make us laugh." The disclaimer,
of course, is part of the joke. The joy of watching
Beavis and Butthead is reveling in their social
and political incorrectness.
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