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I love the Muppets, but I hate this ending

posted 12 years ago by jcasedc
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I'm a huge Muppets fan, and I enjoy "Manhattan" quite a bit, but I've never liked the whole wedding ending. The word I'd use to describe it is "strange." From the weird ugly babies in the one pew singing a line, to the operatic wedding vows, to the disappearance of the Broadway audience (in lieu of blindingly white lights around the wedding chapel), to Kermit being tricked into really marrying Miss Piggy, and then ending with Kermit and Piggy in the crescent moon.

Does anyone else feel this way? My wife and I just watched it a couple nights ago and my wife said the same thing about it being a weird ending.

Word on the street is: you're a jerk!

[–] stevenackerman69 12 years ago

When I first saw it as a kid, it did bother me a bit, but I realize the idea at the end was to focus on the Muppets' success on Broadway and not the audience, nor the humans who helped them. As for the baby muppets and their grandmas, it was supposed to be sort of funny that what they're singing describes them. And Kermit isn't really tricked. He did promise her, according to that phone conversation he has with her before he got hit by the taxi. I guess he felt that after opening night they would get married but Miss Piggy decided to just get it over with and Kermit just agreed to it because he did love her and promised her that.

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[–] pepetoony (1539) 25 days ago

I was confused at the end because...where'd the Broadway audience suddenly go??