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Meet the Feebles

1989 · 93 min

A gleefully filthy puppet backstage satire that turns sweet childhood icons into drug-addled, murderous degenerates, shocking and hilarious in equal measure.

Tagline: Welcome to the jungle!
Overview: Heidi the Hippo, star of 'The Feebles Variety Hour', discovers her lover Bletch the Walrus is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the big show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, disease, Vietnam flashbacks, drug dealing, and murder.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 3 of 3
campystrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: celebrity
corruption
addiction
betrayal
revenge
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
musical
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	7
Humour	8
Realism	2
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	9
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, music
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Written by: Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson, Danny Mulheron, Fran Walsh
Starring: Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie, Mark Hadlow, Brian Sergent, Ross Jolly, Peter Vere-Jones, Mark Wright, Danny Mulheron
Cinematography: Murray Milne
Runtime: 93 min
Country: New Zealand
Languages: English

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