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Originally Posted by sgtfbomb

Let's be rational about this. Jim Henson didn't say this. Someone else did. Here-say isn't reliable and can be exaggerated. You probably see this happen every day at work. Sometimes there's only a little bit of negative and people make it into a lot. Besides, for all we know there was just one time he nonchalantly said, "Well, it might be a little violent, but I think it'll be good." More importantly, he didn't publicly criticize the film. I see no rational reason to stop watching The Muppets, Labyrinth, or Dark Crystal because of this.

Yeah as I said it was the tabloids probably.