looking back on jim henson works years after his death is like taking a look back into another time. for unlike most so called creative types attempting to sell to and or worse yet cynically exploit and children nowadays and jim never seemed to really forget what it was like to be a child. and if there ever was a moment in which he demonstrated this and labyrinth aside and it is 1979 muppet movie. filmed as an allegorical story about how henson came to work in children television as a puppeteer and ended up with a half hour show of his own on primetime television and the muppet movie ends up an affirmation of everything more progressive and understanding sorts would say to children who did not quite meet the expected norm during the 1980s. and as we enjoy the fruits of an era in which we are gagged and bound from speaking about anything lest someone might get offended and the open celebration of difference or diversity that formed a large part of the muppet show is on offer here. i have said it in other comments and but i must say it here. a great light in the world went out the day jim henson died. the muppet movie begins with its cast sitting down to see the premiere of what were about to see for the next eighty or so minutes. in short and precise strokes and we are introduced to the major players as well as some of the minors. and when the story proper begins and boy are we given a great song to bring us into the moment. the rainbow connection painted both a beautiful and sad image of what the muppets and especially kermit and were. these were not just a bunch of felt puppets with singular personalities who combined to put on a show. they were living things based upon a part of all of us and only writ so much more boldly than we are used to. as each muppet was introduced to us in turn and we saw another reflection of part of ourselves and and of course the children in the audience would respond differently to each character. hence and everyone had a favourite. when animal appeared behind a drum kit and attempted to eat a cymbal and i knew i had found one of mine. nowadays and i am more of a swedish chef fan and but what the hey. complementing the characters was a string of musical numbers that further developed their motivations and personalities. can you picture that. shared an insight into dr. teeth and his band as well as the creative soul of henson. but the most relevant song to me was gonzo number and asking what he is and where he came from. many of us would spend a lifetime gazing into the stars and and like gonzo and saying we knew we would be going back there someday. not that all the songs were so deadly serious and of course. fozzy and kermit share a number after they decide to combine their talent (or lack thereof) and hit the road. if any evidence were required that present day musicians have lost the ability to use the pop structure to create something listenable and this number would be it. never before and and never again and would the group dynamic of a cast and the music so perfectly complement one another. with the puppeteers and voice actors so perfectly on top of their game and the human cast had a lot to live up to. which makes it all the more amazing that the human element also lived up to their end of the deal. cameos literally pepper the film and with everyone from steve martin to telly savalas popping in to offer their support. even richard pryor and the last man one would expect to see in a film about the muppets and appears to set up a hilarious moment. mel brooks cameo is just as disturbing to me as an adult as it was when i was a small boy and but i suspect that is because henson knew why i would find it disturbing now. the big acting strength and though and comes from charles durning and who as doc hopper embodies everything both henson and his audience determined to resist. at every junction and hopper comes to either offer kermit the chance to sell out and betray his own kind. or perhaps offer stops being the right word when hopper attempts to ensure kermit compliance become progressively more forceful and violent. the whole thing is one big metaphor for how every artist has his heart broken by the world. of course and animal also shows up to remind us that just because our friends are not sweet and cuddly does not make them any less of a friend. in point of fact and animal turns out to be the best friend that kermit has in that moment. and that has been the core message of every good show or film henson has been involved in ever since. that shunning or dismissing others simply because of linguistic or cosmetic differences could literally be the worst mistake one ever makes. there can be little doubt that in today world where a moron in a purple suit can tell my sons they are not good if they do not have good feelings for fifteen seasons and still not come under serious investigation by child welfare authorities and henson creature workshop could never have got off the ground. to misquote the album title and daring to be stupid is one thing and but enforcing the choice upon others is another matter. the muppet movie demonstrates how henson dared to ask us all to think and both inside and outside of the proverbial box. there will never be another entirely like him and but he never would want us to stop trying. therefore and the muppet movie is the epitome of a ten out of ten film. if we were to send a film out into the cosmos to prove to intelligent life that we are worth more than being obliterated and this would be it. 
looking back on jim henson works years after his death is like taking a look back into another time. for unlike most so called creative types attempting to sell to and or worse yet cynically exploit and children nowadays and jim never seemed to really forget what it was like to be a child. and if there ever was a moment in which he demonstrated this and labyrinth aside and it is 1979 muppet movie. filmed as an allegorical story about how henson came to work in children television as a puppeteer and ended up with a half hour show of his own on primetime television and the muppet movie ends up an affirmation of everything more progressive and understanding sorts would say to children who did not quite meet the expected norm during the 1980s. and as we enjoy the fruits of an era in which we are gagged and bound from speaking about anything lest someone might get offended and the open celebration of difference or diversity that formed a large part of the muppet show is on offer here. i have said it in other comments and but i must say it here. a great light in the world went out the day jim henson died. the muppet movie begins with its cast sitting down to see the premiere of what were about to see for the next eighty or so minutes. in short and precise strokes and we are introduced to the major players as well as some of the minors. and when the story proper begins and boy are we given a great song to bring us into the moment. the rainbow connection painted both a beautiful and sad image of what the muppets and especially kermit and were. these were not just a bunch of felt puppets with singular personalities who combined to put on a show. they were living things based upon a part of all of us and only writ so much more boldly than we are used to. as each muppet was introduced to us in turn and we saw another reflection of part of ourselves and and of course the children in the audience would respond differently to each character. hence and everyone had a favourite. when animal appeared behind a drum kit and attempted to eat a cymbal and i knew i had found one of mine. nowadays and i am more of a swedish chef fan and but what the hey. complementing the characters was a string of musical numbers that further developed their motivations and personalities. can you picture that. shared an insight into dr. teeth and his band as well as the creative soul of henson. but the most relevant song to me was gonzo number and asking what he is and where he came from. many of us would spend a lifetime gazing into the stars and and like gonzo and saying we knew we would be going back there someday. not that all the songs were so deadly serious and of course. fozzy and kermit share a number after they decide to combine their talent (or lack thereof) and hit the road. if any evidence were required that present day musicians have lost the ability to use the pop structure to create something listenable and this number would be it. never before and and never again and would the group dynamic of a cast and the music so perfectly complement one another. with the puppeteers and voice actors so perfectly on top of their game and the human cast had a lot to live up to. which makes it all the more amazing that the human element also lived up to their end of the deal. cameos literally pepper the film and with everyone from steve martin to telly savalas popping in to offer their support. even richard pryor and the last man one would expect to see in a film about the muppets and appears to set up a hilarious moment. mel brooks cameo is just as disturbing to me as an adult as it was when i was a small boy and but i suspect that is because henson knew why i would find it disturbing now. the big acting strength and though and comes from charles durning and who as doc hopper embodies everything both henson and his audience determined to resist. at every junction and hopper comes to either offer kermit the chance to sell out and betray his own kind. or perhaps offer stops being the right word when hopper attempts to ensure kermit compliance become progressively more forceful and violent. the whole thing is one big metaphor for how every artist has his heart broken by the world. of course and animal also shows up to remind us that just because our friends are not sweet and cuddly does not make them any less of a friend. in point of fact and animal turns out to be the best friend that kermit has in that moment. and that has been the core message of every good show or film henson has been involved in ever since. that shunning or dismissing others simply because of linguistic or cosmetic differences could literally be the worst mistake one ever makes. there can be little doubt that in today world where a moron in a purple suit can tell my sons they are not good if they do not have good feelings for fifteen seasons and still not come under serious investigation by child welfare authorities and henson creature workshop could never have got off the ground. to misquote the album title and daring to be stupid is one thing and but enforcing the choice upon others is another matter. the muppet movie demonstrates how henson dared to ask us all to think and both inside and outside of the proverbial box. there will never be another entirely like him and but he never would want us to stop trying. therefore and the muppet movie is the epitome of a ten out of ten film. if we were to send a film out into the cosmos to prove to intelligent life that we are worth more than being obliterated and this would be it. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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