With humans you would say, "Don't stand over there." and that would probably work. With puppets, you can't stand over there because you would see the guy underneath. So it is a lot of foreground stuff.
James BobinInevitably in any work you do I think that there is a sense of continuity, and I like that.
James BobinI love the idea that if you build something with enough depth and texture, you can watch it again and again and see new things every time, and that's very important.
James BobinCable news is 24 hours long so you have to fill it up with something. No, the Muppets are not communist. And the character of Tex Richman is not an allegory for capitalism in any way. The character is called Tex Richman. It's a joke. Clearly he is a classic, old school bad guy. He's bad not because he works for an oil company but because he's evil. No, it's not a communist movie in any way.
James Bobin