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Jackass

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A film and TV franchise featuring stunts and pranks, discussed as potentially deserving inclusion in the Criterion Collection despite being seen as lowbrow entertainment.

Mentions (12)
"He stayed with us for a year when I was around 7 or 8. We'd watch South Park and Jackass together in secret because my parents were fundamentalist Christians and wouldn't let me watch stuff like that."
My brother was found dead in a hotel room in Laos yesterday. · u/zesaltyspy · ↑798 · 2024-05-01
"Young men should not be thinking about their looks and dating and women so much. They should be laughing at guys hurting their balls. Its not perfect but its a hell of a lot better."
We need Jackass more than ever. · u/ru-fus-tee-fire-fly · ↑534 · 2025-11-23
"One of the biggest elements of youth culture in the early 00s was a bunch of addicts hurting themselves for teenage amusement. It was the Kali Yuga for punk and it's still aged better (and with less cancellations) than anything else that's comparable."
Does anyone else sit back and appreciate how wild Jackass really was? · u/scarfacetehstag · ↑202 · 2021-07-21
"Jackass (2000-2002)"
MTV shows from the 2000s · u/kombucha_taco · ↑153 · 2023-08-11
"from their own website: How do you decide which films receive the "Criterion treatment"? We aim to reflect the breadth of filmed expression. We try not to be restrictive or snobby about what kinds of films are appropriate. An auteur classic, a Hollywood blockbuster, and an independent B horror film "
Jackass should be in the Criterion Collection · u/WordsworthsGhost · ↑93 · 2023-07-17
"- jackass - mtv unplugged - mtv rock the vote campaign probably helped clinton get elected twice"
mtvs lack of relevance is a shame when they've done so much · u/rspgroceryguy · ↑90 · 2024-02-05
"We are so steeped in irony and rugged individualism that, had it been made today, the movie Forrest Gump would be edited into a movie length Jackass reel and it would be a object lesson on how R-worded he is, not a sweet story about a guy who loves a hippy girl his entire life."
Sincerity-maxxing · u/egoist_chan · ↑63 · 2025-10-28
"It's getting harder for me to maintain a fond, nostalgic feeling for Jackass every time I see Johnny Knoxville stumbling and slurring his way through interviews now. I used to love football and UFC too. The existential horror of a neurodegenerative disease (easily the worst fate) really puts a dampe"
Does CTE keep anyone else from enjoying things? · u/NoIntention3515 · ↑38 · 2024-08-31
"People even try to defend Jackass with this gay progressive language! The show is literally called Jackass. A bunch of 30 year old alcoholic drug addicts with rich parents go around behaving like idiots. Redditors are all 'well they are good pranksters because they don't punch down, their pranks are"
"As a comically-fat person (by modern standards) our Fat Diver cannot conform to modern superficial diving standards (he makes a giant splash each time) but wins over the spectators and fans with his Jackass-style recklessness and lack of self-preservation."
A treatment for a screenplay called Fat Diver.. · u/SFW808 · ↑29 · 2022-10-07
"We are so steeped in irony and rugged individualism that, had it been made today, the movie Forrest Gump would be edited into a movie length Jackass reel"
Sincerity-maxxing · u/egoist_chan · ↑63 · 2025-10-28
"People even try to defend Jackass with this gay progressive language! The show is literally called Jackass."
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