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comment by b_b
b_b  ·  3801 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Defining Place

Here's the thing: Everything is contrived. Spontaneity and serendipity are some of the great things about life. When one's experience is completely predetermined, then what's the point. Celebration is a reflection of Disney World itself, a ready made experience that is pleasing to everyone. I think that's OK for entertaining a six year old, but as a living experience? No way. Even most suburbs have some organic growth.

Did you ever see the movie Pleasantville? It's as if the people who designed Celebration saw that film and came away with the message that the 1950s world was the ideal one, and the modern, color filled world was the evil experience (seriously, there's an Art Deco style Cuban restaurant there that seems to want to recreate the Good Ole' Days of Latin America, when whites were free). It's creepy on so many levels.