In the complete fantasy world of the Muppets, a world where you can literally make any new thing you want, the best new Muppet they could come up with is a 30-year-old white guy.
What is certain: “The Muppets” — as underscored by how Walter came to life — is a rare example of the corporate committee getting out of its own way and letting the creative folks take the lead.
They came up with a white guy. Way to go, creative folks.
But Disney executives, perhaps partly because they were distracted by a painful studio restructuring at the time, did not manhandle the film, allowing it to be weird, witty — “Muppety” in Mr. Segal’s words — and even a bit risqué (as evidenced by a close encounter between Miss Piggy’s pelvis and Jack Black’s face).
Because even Miss Piggy has to be sexualized. Way to go, creative folks.
“They told me to think about Michael Cera — that if he was a puppeteer he would already have the job.”
I want to see the new movie, but I am extremely skeptical.
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