#a muppet christmas carol

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This lady actually did a recreation of the whole outfit. Muppet Christmas Carol has some of the most accurate and thoughtful costuming of any period piece ever made.

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Maybe one of the reasons that the A Muppet Christmas Carol works so well as an adaptation is that the Muppets are particularly well-suited for capturing Dickens' comedy. A movie can't capture all the wordplay and wry satire of the book's prose, but a Muppet adaptation comes closer than maybe any other version could, because the Muppets love wordplay and satire, so even if the humor isn't quite what Dickens would do, it's not against the spirit of the book. Muppets are broad, clearly-defined character types--much like what Dickens is known for--so casting Muppets as Dickens characters is a surprisingly natural fit. And the Muppets also have an earnestness that lets them portray the sweeter side of the story. It's a very deft match between the two properties--they're just slightly different flavors of the same storytelling spirit.

(And, honestly, I can't imagine any actor capturing the warmth and jolliness of The Ghost of Christmas Present better than "giant custom-made Muppet-suit" could.)

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just saw wonka and now i need answers

also flashbacks to that one gtws post when the trailer came out

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THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992)

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i love it when a film has its guts out. when the practical effects are visceral and slimy and slightly janky and clearly made by human hands, when green screen is used as a canvas for art rather than a substitute for reality, when the sets look like theatre pieces, when the lighting is unashamedly unrealistic because fuck it - it comes from the same place as the music, when the acting is messy and unfettered by irony, when you can feel the presence of the crew just offscreen pouring in months of hard work and late nights and sweat and love. when a film stops trying to be realistic and lets itself be raw and weird and INTERESTING

edit: glad people are enjoying this post! I originally wrote it about Bunny and the Bull (2009), which is my favourite film ever and you can watch it for free on youtube and in this google drive. enjoy! :)

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Villain Song Showdown - Christmas edition

Some songs pulled from submissions that seem relevant for today

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Fozziwig and Mom’s annual Christmas party :)

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A Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Dir. Brian Henson

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Ranking the Adaptations of A Christmas Carol That I've Seen

Adaptations

A Christmas Carol (1910)

A Christmas Carol (1951) with Alistair Sim as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol (1971) animated version with Alistair Sim as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol (1984) with George C. Scott as Scrooge

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) with Michael Cain as Scrooge

Bah, Humbug! musical performed by a local amateur cast

A Christmas Carol (2009) animated version with Jim Carrey as Scrooge

A Christmas Carol: A Play in Two Acts script by Tom Woods

Rankings

Best Scrooge: As much as I love Michael Cain's version--such an icy, refined exterior with an underlying warmth waiting to be released--I might have to give this one to Jim Carrey's Scrooge, because I now find myself comparing all other Scrooge portrayals to his. His goblinish Scrooge is so vividly disgusting--so expressive and with such distinct mannerisms. He manages to believably portray everything from the childish glee to the pathetic old man to make the character feel layered, yet retains an appropriately Dickensian level of cartoonishness. Michael Caine's still a close second.

Best Bob Crachit: The amateur actor in the stage version. Having him played by my brother-in-law's uncle really helped to sell the everyman vibe, but even beyond that, he played him as such a nice sweet family man to a level no other Bob Crachit has reached. (Kermit the Frog gets second place).

Best Fred: The Muppet Christmas Carol by a mile. That man exudes Christmas spirit. No one else even comes close.

Best Marley: The Muppet version is great, but their version is more about the Muppets than the book. The 2009 Disney version gets points for book accuracy, but went a bit too hard on the horror imagery. No particular version really stands out.

EDIT: No, wait, the stage version actually did have a pretty good Marley. Seeing all the dry-ice fog on-stage really helps sell the vibe, and he got properly scary and memento-mori at some points.

Best Ghost of Christmas Past: Either the animated Disney version (having him portrayed by a younger version of Jim Carrey was brilliant) or the 1971 animated version, for being the only version that captures the book's constantly-shifting Bibllically-accurate-angel imagery.

Best Belle: The Disney Christmas Carol by a mile. The only one who's portrayed as a complete, strong character instead of as a sad prop in Scrooge's story.

Best Fezziwig: How can you possibly beat Fozziwig from the Muppet version? Perfect casting.

Best Ghost of Christmas Present: Almost every version does the character well (though the 1910 version had all the ghosts played by the same female actress, which was a weird choice), so I'm giving this one to the Tom Woods version, because of the brilliant adaptation choices in this scene. Playing the Crachit's and Fred's Christmas parties side by side. But especially having Scrooge watch a sermon where the priest describes all the poor people's Christmas parties that Scrooge visits in the book, and the Ghost recites some lines along with him.

Best Crachit family: The 1984 version. They're all adorable.

Best Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come: Nothing quite beats that enormous Muppet, though I did love how the Disney version portrayed it as a shadow. The 1910 version portraying it as a woman dressed in mourning was a cool choice, even if there was zero menace.

Best Mrs. Dilber: The 1951 version is pretty good (and a bunch of other adaptations kind of rip off this version), but I also love the casually self-justifying portrayal in the 1984 version.

Best ending scene: This is far and away the best part of the 1954 version--Scrooge's joy over his reformation is so palpable. This is also where George C. Scott's genial portrayal in the 1984 version really shines, though I'm not fond of how smug he seems in the scene with Fred's family. The Muppet version is very sweet. I love seeing the gobliny glee of Jim Carrey's version (though the choice to have Crachit narrate at the end was so weird).

Most accurate adaptation: The 1971 animated version. It's so short that it doesn't introduce any major changes, and the animation allows it to match book descriptions closely. The Disney version is almost word-for-word in the Marley and Christmas Past scenes, but then goes off the rails during the Christmas Present and Yet-to-Come scenes.

Best atmosphere: The 1984 version. It's so cozy.

Weirdest changes: The many adaptations that decide Scrooge's father hated him because his mother died while giving birth to him (Fanny is younger!). The 1910 version putting in a plot where Scrooge makes Fred a partner so he can marry the woman he loves.

Favorite moments of keeping something from the book: I'm putting this here so I can mention that I love the 1984 version for being the only one to include the scene with Belle's daughters. And for including (along with the 1971 version) Scrooge reminiscing over his childhood reading.

Best overall: I'm not choosing. As you can see, I love parts about all of them.

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