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Muppet Christmas Carol (Kermit)

Oil

6x6 oil on panel, black floater frame

This is from the Muppet version of the Charles Dickens Christmas classic, directed by Brian Henson (son of the late great Jim Henson). Although this one came out in 1992, when I was an adult, I had grown up watching the Muppet show, so that … combined with my love of most things Christmas, meant I gave it a watch. And I wasn't disappointed.

Scrooge (played by the inimitable Michael Cane) was a cautionary tale about an old man's transformation from a selfish asshole to a good person. I feel like if you played this movie backwards, you'd have the life story of Bill Cosby.

The only disappointing part was that poor Kermit was married to Miss Piggy. I never shipped Kermit and Miss Piggy. In fact, just the opposite. I wanted him to get as far away from that manipulative diva as humanly (frog-anly?) possible. I feel the same way about a couple I know, in real life, but far be it from me to say so (I say so… All. The. Time.) … but, I've learned that unsolicited advice is like listening to Yoko Ono sing. No one wants to hear it. So I suffer in silence, like the ger.damned.hero that I am.
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About The Artist

Karen McCool

Karen McCool

My paintings celebrate things we have in common, like an obsession with a film character, or a universal experience captured in a vintage photograph. My hope is that we stop seeing each other as Us vs. Them. As much as modern technology connects us, it can also widen the divides between us. When I was a kid we had three channels, plus VHS. We all watched the same shows like “All In the Family”, and “Mary Tyler Moore”.  Now, with a bajillion channels and streaming services, our "tribes" have shrunk, and correspondingly, our respect for differing opinions. Our political discourse has devolved into name-calling, and even physical violence. 

Seems to me, it’s never not a good time to be reminded of all that we have in common, and that we're all in this together. Ultimately, we all want the same things:  to love and be loved, to be accepted for who we are, and to feel a sense of belonging. We all have our own ambitions and worries and we're all fans of Betty White.  (And if you're not a fan of Betty White, are you even human?)

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