What place is more "manufactured experience"? What I mean by
that is patently fake and absurd "re-creations", like Epcots "World
Showplace" with fake facades, "natives" dancing in costumes that
people don't wear in the real countries(I don't think people go to
work in Munich dressed in Lederhosen, DW's Animal Kingdom,
with "habitats" so unreal that countless animals have died in them
(african habitats with artificial grass and trees), or how about Vegas, and the recreations of the Eiffel Tower, Venice, NY skyline,
The Pyramids, Castles, the wild west, and ancient rome, just for starters?
Is it more than a coincidence that these two, most artificial cities
in the US, are the two top tourist draws in the US as well? Should
we face the fact that tourists want manufactured experiences
over any real wonder of the real world? Do tourists prefer an IMAX
version of Germany, or people prancing around in lederhosen, to the real thing? Which city is more phony, VEGAS OR ORLANDO?
2006-09-07
03:39:17
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