FILE - Muppet creator Jim Henson poses with one of his creations at Henson’s 69th Street office in New York City on Feb. 6, 1984. Henson is the subject of the documentary “Jim Henson: Idea Man.” FILE - Muppets creator Jim Henson poses in his 69th Street office in New York on Dec. 30, 1985. Henson is the subject of the documentary “Jim Henson: Idea Man.” This image released by Disney+ shows Jim Henson in a scene from the documentary “Jim Henson: Idea Man.
It’s also a portrait of a driven, brilliant creative man who wanted to be taken seriously as an artist and had lifelong ambivalent feelings about becoming America’s favorite preschool entertainer. Writer Mark Monroe makes it seem as if he often felt straightjacketed, like an arm stuck in a puppet’s felt body.
One weird quibble is the decision by Howard — who apparently met Henson once, briefly — to put his interview subjects in a sterile, grey room with brick walls. Why keep going back there to celebrate a figure who opposed formality?
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