The newest trailer for the upcoming comic book adaptation Kick-Ass is getting a lot of attention on Twitter today, thanks to tweets and re-tweets by the likes of Rob Corddry, Jake Tapper and TV’s Andy Levy. The R-rated trailer features copious violence and profanity, but the clip’s heat is generated by the source of the mayhem: 12-year-old vigilante Hit Girl. Is this a post-ironic hoot, or the end of western civilization as we know it? You tell me.

Who: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach What: Live From NYPL’s “Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach: The Fantastic Mr. Fox” When: November 9, 2009 Where: New York Public Library’s Celeste Bartos Forum Thumbs: Up. Ideally, drawn through stop motion.