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Warning: this is a ramble, just a collection of thoughts as they came to me. Maybe they'll be a point at the end, maybe not.
What was the generation that decided that anything produced by any previous generation except their own wasn't worth remembering?
This question's been rambling through my head for the last few days as I've been watching my way through the Muppet show season 2 (which very nicely, unlike season 1, has NO CUTS in it! :) ).
There's a lot of backlogged discussion on the web about Disney's acquisition of the Muppet characters and their inability to actually DO anything with them. Constantly, they're listed as being weaker characters only good for the baby boomer (and their children, all like me now in their 30s) rememberence and nostalgia market. Any attempt to bring them into the trendy 21st century, from Muppet Family Hour to Muppet Wizard of Oz has inevitably fell short, with the characters more rehashing their own old jokes rather than building on their personalities from within.
( essay continues, mentioning Law and Order, Will Smith, Shrek, Pixar, and many more things... )
What was the generation that decided that anything produced by any previous generation except their own wasn't worth remembering?
This question's been rambling through my head for the last few days as I've been watching my way through the Muppet show season 2 (which very nicely, unlike season 1, has NO CUTS in it! :) ).
There's a lot of backlogged discussion on the web about Disney's acquisition of the Muppet characters and their inability to actually DO anything with them. Constantly, they're listed as being weaker characters only good for the baby boomer (and their children, all like me now in their 30s) rememberence and nostalgia market. Any attempt to bring them into the trendy 21st century, from Muppet Family Hour to Muppet Wizard of Oz has inevitably fell short, with the characters more rehashing their own old jokes rather than building on their personalities from within.
( essay continues, mentioning Law and Order, Will Smith, Shrek, Pixar, and many more things... )
