Most movies that are nominated for as many awards as La La Land get parodied. It’s natural. But even I can admit it’s a little more natural when you have a movie that 100% deserves to be parodied. It’s not like Platoon was getting the serious parody treatment back in the 80s. I mean sure, people were acting out scenes and there was some funny stuff but Platoon wasn’t a lavish Broadway musical type movie specifically written to get an Oscar.
If you think this movie wasn’t written for that purpose and that purpose only, think again. Look at the cast. Look at the script, the scenery, the music, everything. Any time someone pays homage to old Hollywood it’s giving the Academy a nice, big, wet kiss.
As you can plainly tell I’m not a huge fan of La La Land. So when I saw that Funny or Die decided to give it the parody treatment with none other than the Muppets I knew it’s be worth sharing on here. I sincerely hope that Jimmy Kimmel tramples this movie. Chances are it’s going to win a gazillion awards so for the naysayers like me, this is all we have on Sunday.
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