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built 160 days ago
Disney has been very clever. Not only have they created environments of such complexity and totality, they seem so absolutely detailed and realistic that they are taken for the truth, but they have ... played on the desires, wants, and fears of the American public in producing a vision of American history that they crave to believe is the truth. Celebration is the perfect example. Who does not want to believe that life could be sweet and simple, crime and dirt free?
Disney has ... been credited with being racist and sexist in previous films. There are apparently "stereotypes" that exist—but everyone knows that stereotypes are always correct. The most infamous case is Song of the South. It is a completely incorrect representation of African Americans—there was no watermelon, fried chicken, malt liquor or gunfire anywhere in the film.
This kind of power was necessary to Walt Disney's plans for Florida for two reasons, reasons that point to the underlying dichotomy that exists in much of what Disney does today and has done all along. First, Disney had a vision of what he wanted to create, a vision which must be seen on some level as a genuine desire to bring to the American public a particular vision of the American story. But to make this vision a reality, he needed to have total control over the environment, both natural and built, as well as good deal of control over the lives of the people that would inhabit this area.
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