After watching clips of Skeksis and Mystics and Gelflings, reporters were baffled. “What happened to the Muppets in your new movie?” was the typical question, and rather than talking about the film, Jim found himself instead trying to manage expectations. “They’re not there,” he explained patiently, “and that is one of the reasons I’m doing some PR on this movie … so that people won’t go expecting one thing and see something else.… There are two totally different dimensions going on here.” Still, when Jim could finally turn the conversation to the film, his excitement was palpable. He loved
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