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mayasaura · 6 months ago

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Like, say, for my Locked Tomb pals: The heart of Gideon the Ninth is Harrow and Gideon learning how to trust one another. Both Gideon and Harrow would have to be human in the muppet version, or the story wouldn't land.

The pool scene starring a dripping wet Gonzo couldn't be anything but a parody of itself, but the bone dome gains infinite hilarity while losing none of its poignancy if Beaker is sitting in the background, slightly charred and shaking from the shock of Bunsen's sudden death

Idk where people get the idea that muppet movies have only one human in the cast. Both John Silver and Jim are human in Muppet Treasure Island, along with a handful of supporting cast. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge, his nephew, his former fiancée, and a good portion of the extras in their social circles were all human.

The ratio of human to muppet is determined by how far you can push the story into comedy without losing its heart. The fine line between genius and parody.

#this is just an example with the series that's on my mind 24/7 #muppet pride and prejudice would have darcy lizzie georgiana and probably mrs bennet and a handful of extras as human #as darcy and elizabeth are the oart of the story that have to take themselves seriously and georgiana humanizes darcy #mrs bennet could be a muppet too but it's more visually coherent if it's a mixed family #and I personally would be interested in putting a bit of a highlight on Lizzie's conflict with her mother #do you see what I mean?? there can't be just one human cast in most muppet movies bc the human casting directs the narrative focus #muppet star wars COULD probably get away with having only Luke played by a human #because his charavter development is mostly internal #but it would probably land better if Obiwan were also human to highlight Luke's daddy issues #not that the muppets would bother with star wars when they already have pigs in space #muppet les mis would have human valjean cosette and marius but most DEFINITELY muppet Javert and muppet les amis #because valjean dedicating his life to his daughter can't be a bit #and neither can her decision to leave home to make a life with Marius #not if you don't want the story to fall apart #but Valjean's lifelong enmity with Sam the Eagle??? the muppet who dogs his every step?? fucking hilarious #and rowlf dying first at the barricades could really hit #muppets #muppet movie adaption

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