It's been 30 years since The Muppet Christmas Carol first graced our screens! Here's why it’s the best Charles Dickens adaptation.
Gonzo guides viewers through the film as Charles Dickens, quoting plenty from the actual novella
This extends to plenty of his lines in the film being lifted directly from the pages of A Christmas Carol itself, from ‘Marley was dead: to begin with’ and ‘solitary as an oyster’ to ‘darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it’.Sir Michael Caine as Ebenezer Scroogetakes the central role of Ebenezer Scrooge, surrounded mostly by Muppets in all the supporting roles bar his relatives and past love interest.
The Ghost of Christmas Past is not given a gender in the novella, but is described as having long hair, no wrinkles on its face, dressed in white and with a flame on top of its head. However, the character design, with its yawning black space beneath the hood, as well as looming size, serves to very successfully communicate the sense of foreboding Scrooge gets from peeping into the future.The real stars of the show, singing vegetables
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