When the Muppets Met Sabrina Carpenter: A hopeful revival

A familiar format returns and shows that straightforward is, sometimes, better

For a medium that is built on suspension of disbelief, puppetry has always felt incredibly earnest. There's something very simple and engaging about getting a felt creature attached to you by the buttocks to say something silly or raunchy.

Jim Henson's Muppets were the pinnacle of this medium and the testament to the “reality” of these creatures. You can barely throw an anthropomorphic rock without hearing stories about acclaimed actors forgetting that the Muppets were actually controlled by a bunch of hippie puppeteers and were not, in fact, other actors. 

Cut to the modern day, where The Muppets have been sitting in a Disney warehouse somewhere being forgotten while having 1 or 2 characters dragged out for the occasional Game Awards segment. Until now…