There is something strange about Mike's writing style. His writing is both organized and formal, yet also encompasses the whole pop-cultural feel a lot like an educated tabloid or a well put together presentation that would not really be normal when you try to describe MTV. What I mean is MTV is talked about with your friends or on TV in a very non-formal "yea last night's Cribs episode was sick" type of way. This was even more peculiar to me being apart of this so-called MTV generation, because we shared these experiences, yet I can say I have never heard MTV talked about in such a way. He made the intent of Beavis and Butt-Head sound intelligent, this I formally thought of as an impossible task was done quite neatly.
Even though he had a very formal and intellectual set-up Mike made it very easy to connect with what he was talking about. If possible Mike didn't really explain what it was to be a part of this generation he showed us. Through some of his diction and also connecting with our sub-conscience, we all thought about how utterly stupid Beavis and Butt-head were, or how shallow "Next" was, yet we never put it to words. And so, reading Mike's essay half of it felt as though he was pulling my thoughts from my head. This made me see right through his formal presentation and feel at home with his essay. At first it seemed like it be a dry analytical passage written by some guy who "observed" our generation. Though quickly I found that I was getting comfortable with adapting to his style.
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