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Muppets Director: “No, The Muppets Are Not Communist”

by Susana Polo | 6:00 pm, December 11th, 2011

It’s a very strange turn of events to hear a question like that, cable news is 24 hours long so you have to fill it up with something. No, the Muppets are not communist. The character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman. It’s a joke. Clearly he is a classic, old school bad guy. He’s bad not because he works for an oil company but because he’s evil. No, it’s not a communist movie in any way. – James Bobin, director of The Muppets.

If you’re unfamiliar with the Fox News (who else?) segment that Bobin is responding to, I’ve posted it below.

(via Mediaite.)

TAGS: Fox News | James Bobin | The Muppets

Alexander K.

Way to respond to something that really didn’t deserve comment!
Frodo Baggins

The only way to respond to such foolish questions is to play along with them.

“What? Yes of course the Muppets are communist. I thought everyone knew that? Miss Piggy is literally a Capitalist Pig, who inflicts her decadent Western ways on the poor Kremlin-I mean Kermit. We hope that by disseminating this propaganda, we can dismantle your evil corporations and traditional values, just as Comrade Obama and his Muslim-Atheist-Gay-Abortion-Illuminati masters have instructed us to. Allahu Akbar!”

And this is why I don’t work in public relations.
http://twitter.com/SE_Norred SE_Norred

AVADA KEDAVRA, FOX NEWS!!!!
Anonymous

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http://draw2much.deviantart.com/ Nicole Kiser

This is why I can’t take Fox News seriously and only believe something they write or report on if I can verify it some place else. Sometimes I skip verifying and just think through what they’re saying. (And this is coming from a conservative. Yes, there are conservatives out there that give Fox News the stink eye.)

Who else enjoyed The Muppet Movie? I hope they do some more… well, good ones. I really liked the old movies. I even liked The Muppets Tonight (Tv series) and was sad to see that end. It’s good to see The Muppets back together again! :,D
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

other then 2 of batman list of rogues with Poison Ivy and Ra AL ghul what other Liberals have been made into villains???? tex rich man…as the villain…conservatives are tired of being made into the bad guy by liberal Hollywood.
Anonymous

To be fair, I’d argue that we liberals get portrayed in negative lights just as often, it’s just as the incompetent obstacle, rather than the conniving villain. Conservative politics often play to big scary corporations and people with lots of money and resources at their disposal, so it’s easier to paint them in that supervillain-y light. However, the hippie burnout who ruins everything with his ill-thought out theories of peace n’ loooove man, or the wishy-washy liberal politician who has no backbone or principles of his own are kind of stock characters too.

Basically, if I can bring a Harry Potter analogy into this, conservatives are treated like the stereotypical Slytherin (power-hungry, rich, sly, probably bigoted), and liberals are treated like the stereotypical Hufflepuff (ineffectual, naively open-minded, kinda dopey).

(Although now that we’re on the subject, were Richman’s political views ever stated one way or the other? For all the audience knows, he could vote Democrat in every election.)
http://www.thechildhealthsite.com/clickToGive/home.faces?siteId=1 Edcedc8

bullshit!
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Anonymous

“And this is why I don’t work in public relations.”

And this is why you *should* work in public relations!
http://twitter.com/AbelUndercity Abel Undercity

Though that’s more Kermit as Evil Overlord in my view.
http://twitter.com/AbelUndercity Abel Undercity

And there we have the piece’s target audience, ready to parrot the rising whine, damn all common sense and correct punctuation.
Anonymous

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John Wao

Only the idiots at FOX would even think to make that kind of connection. Sheesh!
http://nakedhobo.com/blog Glenn Buettner

Of course he denies it, how else can the covert communist uprising subvert and indoctrinate our children. Communists are everywhere, we always need to be vigilant in stamping them out wherever they rear their God-hating heads (except when “communist” or “socialist” things work to our advantage, like clean water, highways, and national defense)
Lisa Jonte

This just in: A recent study reveals that the Muppets aren’t actually people! It’s true!

Scientists have discovered that, contrary to public perception, Muppets are actually just colorful hunks of of foam rubber with human hands up their butts; as such, they possess no political affiliation whatsoever.Whatever you do, break the news to grandma gently. Mkay?