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Walking through doorways causes forgetting
“Entering or exiting through a doorway serves as an ‘event boundary’ in the mind, which separates episodes of activity and files them away,”
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Why Do Still We Love the Muppets After All These Years?
“Gonzo teaches you to do whatever Gonzo does”
Dave: “These are all important lessons. But here’s my big statement about Why the Muppets Are Important. They are masters of communicating on multiple levels at once, and that takes brains.To be indirectly funny and make people of all ages fall in love with you, you have to aim for a diffuse sort of appeal, and the Muppets do this. Kids hear and see one thing. Adults see and hear another.”
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Grae: The Muppets are master jugglers, delighting all ages at once. They could even be racy and completely get away with it. Like seeing Lena Horne and Kermit together helped me understand how to act on a first date.
Dave: Well, that explains that. But yeah, they’re always intelligent and incisive and never cruel, or flippant, or pandering. As a group of characters, they’re completely varied and, yet, all manage to walk a tightrope of appeal, even if they’re essentially negative, un-role-model characters like Miss Piggy.
Grae: The Muppets are just about connection, be it rainbow or otherwise. Their message is always to keep trying, be good to all the people you know, stick together and tough it out even when it’s not necessarily practical.
Dave: It’s an ideal way of being that’s not annoying. So if you’re going to ignore your children by pushing them in front of a TV, this is what you push them to. You’re being responsible that way, at least. You’re giving them the best that pop culture has to give.
Grae: Exactly. It’s a responsible babysitter (unlike me when I was a teenager).
Dave: Yes. And they communicate complex, seemingly contradictory messages as well, like the idea that there’s still fun to be had in failure.
Grae: And don’t forget to sing a song to express yourself.
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Grae: Another reason the show endures in our hearts is because trust is such a big part of the Muppet world. The audience has to trust them in order to surrender and have fun and the characters must always have faith that they’ll do the right thing in the end.
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(personal meaning): ‘The Muppets’ cleverly stimulate natural curiosity and appeal to all levels of understanding. Play becomes a way to resist limitations. It provides space to explore within a safe haven and gives us options for engaging with each other. The journey builds a confidence that binds our imaginations together.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luxvxyf8Lv1r6jnwro1_250.jpg)
