The Onion

4699 readers

538 users here now

The Onion

A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.

Great Satire Writing:

founded 3 years ago

MODERATORS

seahorse@midwest.social

pbrisgreat@midwest.social

120

Opinion: The Fact That the Muppets Only Took Manhattan Means They’ll Never Be “Real” New Yorkers (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 3 months ago by seahorse@midwest.social to c/theonion@midwest.social

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

top 6 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I understand this is satire, but the reviewer has missed the entire point of the movie. The Muppets weren't intending to take in Manhattan and become New Yorkers. The movie is called the Muppets Take Manhattan, as in they bring Muppet mania, their zany brand of madcap melodies, to Broadway to the benefit of New York. Of course they didn't see it all, you could live in New York for years and not see it all. The point was for New York to experience the majesty of the Muppets, not the other way around.

[–] neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 months ago

Boffo comment, socko comment!

[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Isn't deliberately missing the point also satire?

Also, to lean into it: they only took Manhattan because they didn't dare step foot in the other boroughs. Except for a bar in Williamsburg (I'd say one with skeeball but that doesn't narrow it down), they were super popular there.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

I have doubts about this "Cane" guy's citizenship , have we seen a birth certificate?

[–] neoman4426@fedia.io 6 points 3 months ago

A reminder that they accidentally made it canon that whether or not Kermit exists is along the chain of causation that determines if 9/11 happens in the Muppet universe.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

We'll never let them take Berlin!