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Posts tagged "jim henson"
chinchillasinunison asked: hey lol I saw your post about Magica and Gladstone being like a double act, and I guess that just set off something in my brain so I just wanted to ask.... opinions on Laurel & Hardy? I know you're a Buster Keaton fan, and they're from around that same period...
I LOVE LAUREL AND HARDY are you kidding that shit’s classic gosh yeah folks you want some good comedy 101 go watch some of that- also Harold Lloyd, Fatty Arbuckle, Charlie Chaplin- all that stuff it’s been invaluable to me both as an artist and a writer
“Well, I have a dream too, but it’s about singing and dancing and making people happy. It’s the kind of dream that gets better the more people you share it with. And I found a whole group of friends who have the same dream, and that makes us sort of like a family.” - Kermit in The Muppet Movie (1979)
Happy belated birthday to my hero Jim Henson, and by extension the frog himself. Here’s to another five decades of being green!
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Julie Andrews' new children's show features a gender-neutral character
Julie Andrews has a new children’s television series on Netflix called Julie’s Greenroom where she teaches a group of puppet children known as “greenies” about the performing arts. If that wasn’t already good enough news for you, one of the show’s characters is gender-neutral.
The students are racially diverse and include Hank, a piano-playing prodigy who uses a wheelchair and Riley, who is gender-neutral.
“If pressed we’d say she’s a girl, but maybe not forever,” said Andrews’ daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, who created the show with her mother. “We wanted to be diverse as possible.”
Aside from the greenies the series will feature celebrity guest stars such as Tituss Burgess, Chris Colfer, Idina Menzel and Carol Burnett.
“This project represents the fulfillment of a long held dream to educate children about the wonder of the arts,” Andrews said in a statement announcing the show.
I am here for this.
It has an episode where Spike, the black boy, is encouraged to write even though he insists that “no one” like him is a writer (the phrasing makes it very clear that it is a racial issue). And then the next episode is about the boys learning that ballet isn’t just for girls, and Hank learns that he can still dance, even in the chair.
Plus there’s music every episode and theater/exercise warm ups for kids! And all the puppets are by the Henson Company! My favorite so far is Fizz! She’s a precious girl who is never mocked for asking questions, is in fact encouraged to explore things. Plus, their overarching plot is putting on a musical about an Ogre that takes away “all the arts”. It’s a simply WONDERFUL series.
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i think basically before you do or say anything in this world you just have to take a moment to ask yourself ‘but would this disappoint Jim Henson?’
Happy 76th Birthday, Jim Henson
(September 24, 1936 - May 16, 1990)“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope still is to leave the world a little bit better for my having been here. It’s a wonderful life and I love it.”
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