The fucking Muppets arenāt entertaining. At all. Not even a tiny little bit. First of all, who is their intended audience, even? Not kids, really, because they contain a bunch of references to stuff that kids really wonāt get. Kids donāt really know how a rock drummer is supposed to behave. They wonāt find Kermit and Miss Piggyās couple dynamics relatable. They donāt understand that Fozzie Bear is supposed to be an old-fashioned standup comedian. Itās all a bunch of weird cultural callouts, from a very specific 1950s-through-1970s American time period. Even kids in the mid-1970s didnāt actually understand what they were seeing.
But, on the other hand, none of that shit is appealing to adults. At least, it shouldnāt be. The pig woman is low-key horny all the time, but isnāt being satisfied by the naked frog guy? Thatās funny to you? Those old guys are trolling everyone from the fake balcony seats, but they canāt ever actually put together an actual joke? You canāt understand what either the chef or the scientist guy is saying?
STOP ME IF I GET TO SOMETHING THATāS ACTUALLY FUNNY, RIGHT?
It just isnāt fucking funny. Any of it. And itās really not cute. Itās allllll just fucking stupid, from start to finish.
I donāt get what the appeal was ever supposed to be, and Iām pretty sure it only got popular because a large number of people were simultaneously afraid that they were missing the joke, missing references, missing SOMETHING, and they didnāt want to be seen as stupid, soooooo they agreed with the small number of shitheads, who were like āBRILLIANT! THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE PUPPETRY FOREVER!ā
Puppetry is a shit-tier medium, anyway. Yeah, I said it. Real controversy Iām kicking up, huh? Yeah, you all KNOW puppetry sucks. It originated during the Classical and Medieval periods, when people desperately needed entertainment, but couldnāt stand to look at the faces of the other villagers for one more second, even if theyād written a play, and it was the only thing you could go and see, other than your walls.
The only SENSIBLE reason that the fucking Muppets are actually beloved is that people in the English-speaking world all watched Sesame Street, and that show is tangentially associated with the Muppets. And thatās fine. But itās actually a kidsā show. And itās not really the same exact thing as the Muppets. The two franchises are related, but Sesame Street actually teaches kids the alphabet and shit.
And fuck Jim Henson, himself. He was just some guy with a beard and a MASSIVE EGO. Youād have to have a giant fucking ego to shit out that kind of nonsense, with such utter confidence. If only heād been able to actually write comedy or drama, he probably WOULD have been a great man. But he couldnāt, so he wasnāt. He was just a weirdo with a puppet fixation, who had a knack for jamming his foot into Hollywoodās door, before anyone could close it on him. Moreās the pity.
Stop lionizing a deeply and pathetically unfunny, uninteresting man, just because he died tragically. Lots of people die tragically. It doesnāt retroactively give them talent.
EDIT: hmmmmmm, it seems as if my UNPOPULAR OPINION, which I posted in the place for UNPOPULAR OPINIONS is immediately proving to be pretty UNPOPULAR. Please keep this in mind, when youāre getting ready to type your personal attacks.
I wonder if itās your opinion thatās causing the attacks or the expression of itā¦? (Hint: itās the latter.)
You donāt like the Muppets. We get it. Great. Nobody is expected to like everything by anybody whoās sane. For example I canāt fucking stand Doctor Who. I hated it as a child and I hate it more as an adult. I also hated Star Trek: The Next Generation onward in the Trek canon ā¦ except I kinda liked Enterprise. (Not loved. Kinda liked.)
Butā¦
You see how I expressed that I canāt stand these shows? Notice how I didnāt at any point say that people who liked them are my inferiors for it? Letās take a look at your performance now:
Ooh! Strike one! Expressing BadWrongFunā¢. Right there youāve got the reason your āopinionā is getting personal attacks. YOU FUCKING STARTED IT!
YOU didnāt get it so anybody who likes it must be doing it for fake reasons. After all they canāt possibly like something you donāt! It must be faked! (Or shitheads.)
Yeah, I wonder why youāre getting personal attacks?
And more insulting reasons for people liking something you donāt. Yeah, thereās absolutely no reason why anybody would reach for personal attacks after your expression of your opinion.
Except of course he was beloved long before he died. So not only do you suck at not being an offensive, yet somehow whiny, twat, you also have no clue how ātimeā works.
So, hereās a thought: if youāre going to break out the flamethrowers, donāt be whining when people toss fire back at you. Or maybe, just maybe, you could try expressing the opinion you have without the insulting takes on those who disagree with it, without ascribing motive with no evidence (because āproof by lack of imaginationā is actually a logical fallacy), and with at least some hint displayed of knowing what ātimeā is and how it works.