We previously published A Freudian Analysis of Beavis and Butthead, but limiting one strictly to Freud nowadays is like limiting one strictly to gauche. That’s why Jeff Schwartz has written a psychoanalytic analysis of Beavis and Butthead, although he inexplicably does “not believe the psychoanalysis of fictional characters is useful.” The only rational explanation of this opinion is that his essay was written before the existence of The Journal of Cartoon Over-analyzations. Below, there is a representative excerpt of the essay:
The threat of castration, represented by Woman’s lack, is essential to subject formation, and Beavis is clearly outside of this system. Not only does his reflection tell him Bjork has a “schlong,” but when he and Butthead watch another video, which features a (supposedly) nude woman in a bathtub, Butthead expresses the hope that the woman will stand up, revealing her body to them. Beavis thinks that she will not, speculating that “she’s embarrassed because she has a stiffie.” Butthead attempts to explain that women cannot get erections, but the existence of humans without penises is unimaginable to Beavis.
On the Couch with Beavis and Butthead >Catena Ex Situ
Years later, I still think Beavis and Butthead was an incredibly smart cartoon..
Are there any other sites that host this article? The original site is dead and I would love to read this, but can’t find it anywhere.
Since GeoCities is no more, here’s the archived version of the article:
http://web.archive.org/web/20040627090446/http://www.geocities.com/jeff_l_schwartz/beavis.html
I’ve also corrected the link in the Ex Situ.
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