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James Bobin

English Director

Born: 1972

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You always want to aim high. James Bobin

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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. James Bobin

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'Alice' is effectively a story about a game of cards. 'Through the Looking Glass' is a story of chess. James Bobin

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Lewis Carroll, you see, wasn't really interested in telling an exciting story. Well, he wasn't interested in things like cause and effect or a linear narrative. It's surreal, it's absurd, it's wordplay, it's satirical, it's analyzing itself, it's funny, it's an enormous challenge. James Bobin

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Cable news is 24 hours long, so you have to fill it up with something. James Bobin

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I worked on both 'Borat' and 'Bruno,' but in a very producer-y role. James Bobin

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The thing about me is that my secret passion is history. James Bobin

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I remember watching 'The Muppet Show' in the '70s. I was six or seven, and my dad watched it with me, and my grandparents watched it with me, and we're all laughing throughout, but I think we were probably laughing at different things. James Bobin

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When you try to teach children things, you're trying not necessarily to do it directly. James Bobin

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I'm probably an overcompensating introvert. I live in Hollywood, but I don't go to parties where I have to work the room. I could do that, but I don't want to... I try and stay the same and live a fairly normal life. James Bobin

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In England, 'The Muppet Show' is very much seen as an English thing. So for us in the U.K., it is one of the treasures of the history of children's TV and of comedy, basically. James Bobin

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'The Muppet Show' spoke to me at 5, and it speaks to me in my late 30s in the same way. James Bobin

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The joy of puppetry is that it is very simple and low-fi, which I love. James Bobin

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I've always thought that Lewis Carroll himself had a certain comedy tinge to him. He was a guy who was a satirist. He really was a social commentator in many ways and was trying to satirize Victorian society. James Bobin

Watching 'Dark Crystal' now, having made Muppet films, it really strikes me just how ambitious that film is in terms of the constructs, the builds, the puppeteering. James Bobin

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'The Muppets' is really about innocence and charm and sweetness and light and having hope - and stupid gags. James Bobin

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