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Disney Mirrors American Culture
Last fall, the Walt Disney Company did something rare: it admitted defeat its fight to build a history theme park in Virginia. The park was going to be called “Disney’s America”.
Some people might be wondering, however, if Disney lost the battle but won the war, as it seems everyone is living in Disney’s America these days.
With its purchase of Capital Cities/ABC Inc. last month, the company founded by Walter Elias Disney in 1923 deepened its claim on American culture. In fact, it would be hard to find another company so widely respected—even loved—by Americans.
Americans rush out to see Disney films, and then replay them—on videotapes; they read Disney books to their children; they watch Disney shows on Disney TV; they make trips to Disneyland and Disney World, where they stay in Disney hotels and eat Disney food; Americans buy Disney products at Disney stores, and listen to Disney records of Disney songs.
The world of Disney is becoming anything but small. |