Jackass Embodied Gen X’s Casual Indifference to Authority

“in a recent interview with the New York Times, Wee Man noted that American culture has changed since the show first ran:

“Gender stuff and, you know, things like that….When we first started, there was never going to be a girl in it,” he said. “We didn’t think it was funny for girls to get hurt. For us, it was like, ‘That’s not funny’ — hurting a girl.” Now, paradoxically, it would be in poor taste to not hurt a girl on “Jackass” — and so they do.””

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