<p> Definitely a movie worth your time. Kevin Clash&#39;s story is wonderful to witness, the way his obvious passion took him to exactly where he wanted to be. If you&#39;re like me, the insight into the backstage part of how Muppet productions work is intensely interesting.</p> <p> But none of that is really what stuck with me.</p> <p> The idea that a large percentage of make-a-wish children want to meet Elmo makes perfect sense to me–if he&#39;s so firmly associated as a source of gentle, physical, unconditional love, and you&#39;re sick and in pain and everyone around you seems unhappy, <strong>of course</strong> that&#39;s what you would wish for. And yet the idea of doing that even once would terrify me for reasons that I suspect many could understand: what if I couldn&#39;t provide what a child needed? How could I stand knowing that this child will be gone before his or her time, and soon at that?</p>