The Muppet Movie: What does it mean to you?

So this evening was the first edition of Smokler’s Sunday Cinema, a film series I’m going to be hosting at my house each Sunday night in an attempt to gain for myself a better cinematic education. Our debut movie, The Muppet Movie chosen because it’s both a crowd pleaser and a movie about movies.

Afterwards, we got into a fruitful discussion about the movie’s ending, which I always found a little ambiguous. What precisely is the Rainbow Connection? Why does the movie end with the destruction of a film set and how does that work along with the lyrics “Life’s like a movie, write your own ending?”

I mostly listened and ended up liking my friend Nomi’s elegant interpretation that “your dreams and their potential is within you.”

The crowd hung around until almost 11, listening to music, eating Thai food we ordered. Jason was visiting from South Carolina and was heading home tomorrow. Didn’t seem like anyone really wanted to end.

For a first run, a huge success. I’ll be putting out the announcement for the next movie on Wednesday..

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