08.11.06
Well, DUH!
Hey, just saw this report while checking my mail: Muppets go adult. The gist is that in Edinburgh this year the Muppet troupe is running two shows– first a more general all-ages show during the afternoons, and in the evenings an adult-oriented improv show. I think it’s brilliant, but this line disturbs me:
But would Brian’s father [Muppet creator Jim Henson] have approved?
HELL YEAH he would have! Sure, the Muppet movies may be family-oriented, and the vast majority of the Muppet ouvre is fairly innocuous. People forget that the opening shots, which launched the Muppets– their first TV special– was called “Sex and Violence”. Jim Henson was a true genius, if you ask me– he was able to be funny to both adults and children. If Brian Henson can do that without being crude, crass, and discharming (which I know isn’t a word), then all the best.
Anyway. I’m off to Pittsburgh for the weekend, so no updates to either here or my side of Unbelievers until Monday (I still have yet to post the results of the interrogation– they’re not pretty). Later, folks– when I return, I’ll also have some notes on DDR SuperNova.