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"Turn the World Around" - Muppets and Acceptance in a Weird World
It goes without saying that it's been a weird couple of days in the news, in the world. People are feeling angry and people are feeling sad and people are feeling helpless. And in my desire to ease a little bit of the hurt and confusion, I wanted to share something uplifting. This song quickly came to mind.
From the 1979 episode of the Muppet Show hosted by Harry Belafonte, it's called "Turn the World Around". The song is simple, and its message isn't as much about equality as it is about understanding. An understanding of universality that is the key to stopping any hostility felt and acted on towards a perceived "other", and an understanding of universality that reminds us that we are never alone in this life because we are connected at the deepest, most basic level. Things it would do us all well to remember right about now. It was Jim Henson's favorite musical number the Muppet Show ever did.
But that's enough from me, I'll let Harry do the rest.
