![]() In her casual goofiness, she is both one of the boys, and yet more than them, a focal point and a catalyst. When Lavigne and band do “crash the mall” - the scene plays out in the video for ’02 debut single “Complicated” - their shenanigans extend only to toying with a retail worker in a hot dog costume, dressing in wacky outfits, and teasing some mall cops. But Avril Lavigne accentuated her apparent remove from the dominant culture via the trappings of punk - particularly the trappings of punk at a time when the form was exemplified on one hand by the boyish crudities of Blink-182, and on the other by the boyish crudities of MTV’s Jackass.
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