This was inevitable (Plus a recent Muppets quibble)

I have yet to see The Iron Lady. I did however see The Muppets. This photo happened I guess because Miss Piggy basically plays Streep's Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada in the movie (which means she's essentially Anna Wintour), complete with Emily Blunt as her assistant. That or because Good Housekeeping was short of articles on actual housekeeping that month.

I digress.... I wanted to bring into focus my main criticism of The Muppets, which I so desperately wanted to like, and it basically revolves around this The Devil Wears Prada skit, which was cute, but rang alarm bells. It's a two-fold concern. Firstly, if this is a kid's film, what in the hell kids are they targeting that would get this reference? On the other hand, if this is meant to appeal to adult fans basking in a glow of childhood nostalgia, couldn't they have picked a less facile or obvious cultural reference? Maybe not. It was just a bit cringe worthy (not as cringe worthy as the Selena Gomez cameo).

This is by no means a dig at The Devil Wears Prada, I love that movie. It's just that the screenplay of The Muppets was almost as weak as Amy Adam's attempt to convince audiences that she was enjoying performing Me Party in the same movie.

ALSO. If you're going to drag Whoopi Goldberg and that human corpse Mickey Rooney onto a film set you sure as hell better fucking use them properly. Put them on the balcony with Statler and Waldorf where they belong, I don't care. Between two Sister Acts, The Lion King, and various sitcom appearances as herself, Whoopi was the patron godmother of my childhood and you better treat her right, because she sure as hell isn't gonna manage her own career.