Back in the early 2000s, in the days of Jackass, Johnny Knoxville stood astride the earth as the idiot god chieftain of an era-particular brand of post-post punk, angry-white-boy destructive rebellion. Tapping into his innate skater-wastoid willingness to give himself concussions – all while wearing a s**t-eating grin of epic proportions – Knoxville unwittingly launched himself to minor icon status, giving voice to all the dejected teenage rebels out there who had no philosophy other than a direct self-harming middle finger to an amorphous adult establishment. The kids needed something ecstatically real in the 2000s, and Knoxville was the sacrificial lamb of Gen X’s waning anti-establishment meaninglessness.
Source: IGN.com Action Point Review: Johnny Knoxville's New Comedy