SesameFever
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It was not that great my opinion doesn't matter I hate Gaga.
Those are all very good points.We're fans so we're going to pick things apart and there are many lost opportunities, but I'm glad this special aired. I give the content, as a whole, a solid C grade.Why is this forum becoming more and more negative as the days go by?
This is clearly a Lady Gaga special that got commissioned because her holiday special last year got great ratings and because she is massively famous and popular. Anyone thinking this was going to be a Muppet special with just a bit of Gaga is clearly deluded.
But remember a few years ago when nobody would have ever put the Muppets in a prime time Thanksgiving special on ABC with equal billing next to one of the (think of her music what you will) biggest names in music today? The best we could have expected is Kermit to duet on one song as a surprise guest or something.
And guess what? Now it can happen. And the Muppets were funny and current and had some terrific moments. In prime time. On ABC. On Thanksgiving. They weren't dull, lacklustre or too child-orientated like they were in many productions before the last movie. We got a taste of some Muppet Show wit. And I'm not saying it was perfect, but it was great fun and it should be exciting to fans. And if you hate Lady Gaga, then don't watch a Lady Gaga special thinking it will be A Muppet Family Christmas. And if you can't handle that some characters change a little with their new performers, then don't watch the new Muppet productions.
We're in a time where the Muppets are allowed to blossom again in a commercial and relevant way. Are we really just going to moan about everything because we've decided that it's time for Piggy to stop karate-chopping or because that one obscure background character we liked from a Muppet special from the 80s didn't happen to make an appearance?
Being a fan should be about taking joy from something, not about deconstructing everything to the extent that nothing can ever be more than a disappointment.
And yes, of course we shouldn't be uncritical either, but let's also be a little gracious.