Somebody wrote a 104-page Gatsby adaptation for the Muppets
Not every post on Reddit is worthy of an upvote (or gold, or whatever else it is that people are doing on Reddit nowadays). But when a post is titled, “Two Weeks Ago, a Post on /r/Movies About the Demand for a “Muppet’s Great Gatsby” Went Viral. I’ve Answered That Call. Here is a 104 Page Screenplay and Poster for “Muppets Present The Great Gatsby,” do you really need to click through to know it’s going to be a goddamn delight? It’s like the most rage-inducing AITA posts, only instead of yelling “DUMP HIM” into the void, you’re likely to yell “SOMEONE GREENLIGHT THIS” instead.
Writer Ben Crew really didn’t phone this one in. It is, as promised, 104 pages—105, if you count the title page. There are songs. There are bits. There’s a whole thing where Gonzo and Rizzo get a copy of The Great Gatsby. A brief excerpt:
GONZO
What’d you get?
Rizzo holds up a book copy of The Great Gatsby.
RIZZO
Now we can finally know what Nick is thinking!
They look up and see Nick is gone, the light of the party growing in intensity over the hedges.
GONZO
Where’d he go?
RIZZO
Hold on, I can find out.
Rizzo flips ahead in the book.