Are the Muppets really lighting the lights?

The Muppets latest movie features an evil oil tycoon called ‘Tex Richman’ who wants to extract oil from under the Muppets’ old theatre…. The general plot line and name of the character were enough to lead the anchor man of Fox Business, Eric Bolling, to suggest that the movie is promoting an anti-capitalist agenda.,,,, He asked guest Dan Gainor whether the movie was liberal propaganda. ‘This oil muppet, evil man that he is, is called Tex Richman,’ Mr Bolling said. ‘It’s amazing how low the left will go just to stoop to give your kids the anti-corporate message,’ Mr Gainor replied. Later in the segment Mr Bolling asks: ‘Is liberal Hollywood using class warfare to brainwash our kids?’

Given that this is a mainstream movie, and given that it’s a Disney Movie – and given that the evil, powerful, villain is a standard in move plot lines, it’s reasonably obvious that this isn’t a sinister socialist attack on Capitalist values – in fact I imagine the plot line will work out with all the muppets being unharmed and justice being done – which is actually far, far removed from the relaity of oil exploration and extration as evidenced in the Niger Delta, the Ecuadorian Amazon and the Tar Sands of Albterta Canada!

It also goes to show just how paranoid the right are becoming over maintaining their advantage in the war of position – this latest attack on our brother muppets is simply laughable.

On a positive note, this does give me a good option for the end of term movie this summer when it’ll be time to play the music (of the fourth international), and time to light the lights (of the glorious communist revolution)… and time to meet the muppets and subtly indoctrinate my students into leftist values…

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