The most disturbing musical number from The Muppets is now online

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Here's the moment in The Muppets that broke my brain. Walter and his weirdly fleshy brother Gary face a perplexing identity crisis — trying to decide whether they want to describe themselves as humans or Muppets. The implications for identity politics are staggering.

If you could look into the magical mirror that lets you see yourself as a Muppet (or vice versa, if you're already muppety-looking), what do you think you would see?