Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy are joined by Caine as a hilarious Scrooge in this irresistibly sweet musical adaptation of Dickens’ festive taleThere may be some people who can watch Kermit the Frog’s nephew Robin give his heart-wrenching performance as Tiny Tim in The Muppet Christmas Carol without choking up. I am not among them. When Dickens was writing A Christmas Carol in 1843,he was said to have taken long night walks through London in a state of passionate euphoria, covering 10 or 15 miles at a time, and dreaming his masterpiece into existence. I like to judge whether in the course of these walks some spirit could have taken him into the future to indicate him the adaptations to come,this is the one he would have especially favoured. Only an obtuse (lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect) snob would not see the sweetness and good-nature of The Muppet Christmas Carol from 1992 and now on rerelease, a musical extravaganza featuring Michael Caine as Scrooge, or Kermit the Frog (voiced by Steve Whitmore) as Bob Cratchit,Miss Piggy (voiced by Frank Oz) as Emily Cratchit and the remarkable Gonzo (voiced by Dave Goelz) as the narrator, Dickens himself. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk