What's the problem with Disney? 'The increasing monopoly it has on the entertainment industry and, by extension, American culture,' writes columnist marymacTV
But every year, my arguments have become a bit more strained.
I’m not even talking about how Disney theatrically remade Broadway into a land of film adaptations or how its vision of Main Street influenced so many outdoor commercial spaces, including Times Square, to the detriment of actual Main Streets throughout the country — there is no public space that cannot benefit from a bunch of yellow and purple pansies.
What does this have to do with Disneyland itself? Well, like it or not, the self-proclaimed Happiest Place on Earth remains the sigil of the Walt Disney Co., the physical epitome of the company’s original mandate: to make dreams come true through its own unique brand of magic. Obviously, Disney makes superior products and is entitled to charge what the market will bear. But the rapid spread of the Disney vision over so many different properties, which even before the Fox acquisition included ABC, ESPN, LucasFilms and Marvel, is disturbing.
The fact that the biggest single-theme addition to any Disney theme park ever was conceived as an abandoned trading post, a place of intergalactic commerce brought back to life with two highly ambitious rides and lots of shops, is, when you think of it, very fitting. Why would Mickey be content with being the mouse that rules the world when he can have the universe?
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