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The French reinterpretation of Jim Henson's Muppet Universe
The French reinterpretation of Jim Henson’s Muppet universum Samuel Kaczorowski To cite this version: Samuel Kaczorowski. The French reinterpretation of Jim Henson’s Muppet universum. 2019. hal02170777 HAL Id: hal-02170777 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02170777 Submitted on 2 Jul 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion dem documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et dem recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Samuel Kaczorowski THE FRENCH REINTERPRETATION OF JIM HENSON’S MUPPET UNIVERSE *** In Cristina F
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Imagine Spitting Image with some of the characters having animal bodies resembling those of The Muppet Show, and it's about French politics of The '80s. You'll have a good idea of what you're in for.
Le Bébête Show is a French puppet show that satirized national politics in the form of parodic news. It was created by writers, journalists and comedians Jean Amadou, Stéphane Collaro and Jean Roucas, who frequently appeared in it as human guests, and the puppets were made by Alain Duverne and his workshop. The word "bébête" aptly translates as both "silly" and "beastie".
It aired on TF1 from 1982 to 1995. Minus one year, that was the entirety of the two presidencies of François Mitterrand, of which the show became a symbol of sorts, the same way Spitting Image was one for the Margaret Thatcher era in the UK. The main host, Kermitterrand, was precisely based on him, basically Kermit with his face. Other characters from The Muppet Show got turned into French politicians, wh