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'Muppets' Teaser Hides Beneath Romantic-Comedy Trailer

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You've waited this long to see what writer/star Jason Segel et al. have prepared for our first legitimate Muppet film in over a decade; can you wait a bit little longer, and slog through a minute of fake romantic-comedy trailer? So asks the first teaser for The Muppets, which at first presents itself as a pleasant, generic romance before revealing its felted monster innards. Just like real romance.

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