bcrook
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I found this quote in an Economist article...
At the opening of his first theme park, in California in 1955, Walt Disney proclaimed it “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” When Billy Graham told him later, “Walt, you have a great fantasy land here”, Disney replied—anticipating our late friend Baudrillard—“You preachers get it all wrong. This is reality in here. Out there is fantasy.”
This conversation between Disney and the great evangelist is reported in “The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust”, by Mark Pinsky.
At the opening of his first theme park, in California in 1955, Walt Disney proclaimed it “a source of joy and inspiration to all the world.” When Billy Graham told him later, “Walt, you have a great fantasy land here”, Disney replied—anticipating our late friend Baudrillard—“You preachers get it all wrong. This is reality in here. Out there is fantasy.”
This conversation between Disney and the great evangelist is reported in “The Gospel According to Disney: Faith, Trust and Pixie Dust”, by Mark Pinsky.