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By Matt Fowler
Updated: Feb 17, 2016 3:01 am
Posted: Feb 17, 2016 2:55 am
Warning: Full spoilers for the episode below.
ABC's new Muppets may never fully ascend/rebound into anything truly great, but "Got Silk?" was a good example of how letting sweetness guide the story rather than full-fledged strife is the best course for the series. Honestly, not all of this one landed, but the final five minutes involving Deadly trying to tell Piggy that he was her true friend - and then Piggy's delayed realization (during a duet with Ingrid Michaelson) that Deadly was her true friend - was great. As was the entire crew showing up for Deadly's small theater Clueless stage show! Very inspired.
So that whole payoff was satisfying. The ride, though? With Piggy insta-searching for a "normal" friend? It wasn't the best. Though, as I think I've mentioned in my past few reviews, I do love the show's midseason love affair with Deadly as one of the main characters. He was great tonight. Especially his fake emergency phone call from the show during the aerial aerobics class. From a "Jeremy Rosenstein." Demanding "fisticuffs." A true friend. I mean, he does constantly prevent Piggy from "looking too deeply into the abyss of her own loneliness."
"Got Silk?" started to come around right at the end but the journey getting there felt off. Piggy looking for a friend was a bit too much that Ed Helms episode where Piggy wanted to be liked by the crew. And the branded content sketch idea, overall, was a good way of perhaps sneaking a bit of branded content onto the show while trying to criticize ...
Mar 18, 2023 · Directed by James Bobin and starring Amy Adams, James Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Jack Black, Zach Galifanakis, Jim Parsons, and so, so many more, the film is a star-studded love letter to ...
Feb 17, 2016 · The Muppets: Got Silk Review. The writers are bribed with new suits while Piggy's quest for a friend becomes desperate. Shockingly, those are two separate stories. By Gavin Jasper |...
