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This is an interesting editorial about "wokeness" at Disneyworld. What& #39;s disappointing (but VERY predictable) are the roles people fall into by either defending or attacking it... a shame because there& #39;s an productive conversation that could be had. /1 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/guest-commentary/os-op-disney-wokeness-ruining-park-experience-20210423-y6i6ofah2bfzfcbauj4rdurjoy-story.html">https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/g...
I have no idea what& #39;s in the guy& #39;s mind in terms of race, gender roles, etc... and frankly it feels like a waste of time to try and figure it out. Will he learn something or be taught something if he needs to through social media hot takes? No. It& #39;s unproductive. /2
But buried in the article (and in fairness the writer doesn& #39;t communicate it well) is an interesting question: should current world issues and social topics impact an immersive experience? And more to the point... how? Disneyworld is an immersive experience. That& #39;s the point. /3
You could argue why a family theme part would create a "plantation based" hotel in the first place... as opposed to crafting some frankensteined monster of a visually accurate pre-Civil War hotel but with 2021 sensibilities around race. That sounds insane. Who would do that? /4
Immersive products fail when they "break the illusion" -whatever that illusion might be- and there& #39;s plenty of evidence that injecting modern concepts into immersive environments ultimately kills them. Even if you like the modern concepts you& #39;re introducing. /5
This is true with theme parks, movies... and yes, comics too. I don& #39;t know if that was what the guy was getting at, or if he just hates seeing people with tats running the queue for Space Mountain. But either way, we& #39;ve seen the conclusion to this debate. /6
Both sides scream at each other, the end result becomes this bizarre "makes neither group fully happy" outcome and the property suffers. Disneyworld is wildly popular... I don& #39;t fear it going out of business... but when you break immersion you do risk losing value. /7
I& #39;d just like to see the conversation happen without the very exhausting "But racism! But SJWs! But politics! But look at the fat white dude!" takes. How you handle immersion is a very interesting topic... and feels like it needs more airtime. /end
