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...society that has betrayed its own principles of freedom and liberty, two morons named Beavis and Butt-head have come to rescue us from collective repression. As MTV's disclaimer carefully warns before every episode of this animated masterpiece, Beavis and Butt-head are "crude," "self-destructive" and "antisocial." But what makes the cartoon intriguing is the appreciation among its devoted viewers--myself included. The disclaimer appropriately explains: "For some reason the wiener-heads make us laugh...
Beavis and Butt-head have inherited the controversial legacy of Lenny Bruce and Andrew "Dice" Clay. These raucous entertainers force us to confront the fact that in a society which supposedly prizes freedom, repression actually fuels the national consciousness. Nowadays, liberals, as well as conservatives, are finding greater justification for stifling individual liberty. In human activities as ancient as pornography, conservatives call for public decency and morality while liberals bemoan the objectification of women and economic exploitation. The forces of repression are increasingly converging, eclipsing the freedom of the individual...
...this desperate climate of collective, unspoken misery, Beavis and Butt-head emerge as perverse bastions of liberty. With each passing day, the chains of conformity shackle more citizens--all, of course, in the name of greater "freedom." This hypocrisy would be ironic, perhaps, if it weren't so tragic. Yet in the midst of this erosion of freedom, teen angst rears its ugly head--its Butt-head, if you will. And with him, his soulmate Beavis...
...might have won in a series of narrowly defined cases. As to Abdel Rahman, the feds may have figured they had nothing to lose. They had no narrow case against him, and if he is acquitted of the larger charges, they can resume deportation proceedings and "kick his butt out of the country," as an official puts...
...Washington-based punk-rock band Fugazi was founded in 1987 on one principle: no sellout. Fugazi has never made a music video, never appeared on MTV's Beavis and Butt-head. They charge only $5 a ticket for their live shows and keep their CD prices between $8 and $10. Their music was grubby before grunge was grunge, featuring primal drum rolls, furious guitar feedback and more-leftist-than-thou lyrics. "You better start living the life/ That you're talking about," go the words to the group's 1988 song Bad Mouth. Despite this anticommercialism stance, or perhaps because...