The Happytime Murders
Have you ever wondered “hey what if the muppets were rated R?”
Yea, me neither.
The movie The Happytime Murders takes place in a world where humans and puppets live together like normal. They say all of the racial issues are solved and everyone is happy, that’s only because they all came together to hate one thing in solidarity…puppets. They make fun of these puppets and abuse them seeing them as lesser beings all because they used to like to sing and dance for entertainment, which leads me to believe this movie actually IS in the Muppets universe but just at a different location, but I digress. This world is riddled with a new oppression with puppets and people going as far to even have puppets owned and used to servants in some homes. Our story follows a former puppet detective who is set out to defend the puppets from injustice and harm. The protagonist ends up falling into a string of murders thought to just be mistakes and he decided to solve this puppet misjustice. He is secretly attempting to redeem himself after failing in his job as a police detective when he fails to shoot a fellow puppet, bringing forth the idea that puppets don’t shoot other puppets. He loses all trust at the force but attempted to fix his mistake knowing he messed up. Messed up so horribly they named a law on him stating no humans and puppets can be partners in law enforcement. He then became know as the worlds first and last puppet police officer. The murders became closer and closer to the detective and he realizes all of them relate to a TV show that his brother and former lover were on. He then has direction towards his investigation and finds old members of the TV show to ask about fellow murders and keeps missing the mark. More and more die around him and he gets framed for the murder.
I won’t say anything else about this plot to not spoil anything for anyone, although the plot in this movie was so jumbled, rushed and conflicting I really couldn’t ruin anything. I can relate this movie to current injustice and how we can overcome differences to work together. That’s an easy relation. If this movie was not a comedy, it would be severely messed up how the reason for every other person finally overcame racial issues just in a united front against another being. That’s just shifting the blame. Luckily this movie is a comedy so you can take any lesson learned with a grain of salt. I have a hard time writing about this movie considering this was just a rushed piece with dirty humor and forced laughs. Not a personal favorite of mine, but I will try and watch any movie at least once. It was, however, interesting to see a world like this in a muppets setting. Really makes you think. What if Kermit dropped the F-bomb all the time? What if animal was a drug addict with sugar like these puppets were? It was an interesting concept if nothing else. I would prefer to see the muppets in their standard setting instead.
