![]() The pace of jokes has attempted to keep pace with the flow of information. In the decades since Beavis And Butt-Head and Beavis And Butt-Head Do America, studios and culture broadly have assumed that the solution to comedy was more - more plot, more characters, more cameos, more dialogue. If that was a way to capitalize on the cartoon while its popularity was peaking, Mike Judge’s latest effort is a reminder of how comedy can be. In a weird way, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universefeels even more timely than their last movie. It’s been… (*leans back in easy chair, quietly yearns for the release of death*) 25 YEARS since their last film effort, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, in 1996.Īnd yet, almost from the first frames, Beavis and Butt-Head Do The Universe feels not only like logical product, but something that should exist. So how the hell did a Beavis and Butt-head movie released straight to streaming in 2022 wind up feeling so refreshing?īeavis and Butt-head (has “Butt-Head” always had a hyphen? I feel like I’m being Mandela Effected here) began airing on MTV when I was nearing the age of its protagonists. At least grant me the illusion of being a free-range piggy. I’m not immune to the pull of nostalgia myself, but there are also entire genres of shows that I’ve specifically avoided for the simple reason that I don’t think I could look myself in the mirror the next morning if I ever found myself getting excited about something called a “Baby Yoda.” Something about that feels a little too calculated. Nothing is harder to recreate than a joke, not to mention that these days, practically every project feels like the spiritual equivalent of a corporate executive banging a ladle against the sides of the slop trough somewhere, expecting that the sound alone will be enough to get us running and squealing. ![]()
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