Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Perfect Reality?
I found it difficult to agree with Eco's statement that, "Disney is more hyperrealistic the wax museum" (202). He explains that this is, "because the latter still tries to make us believe that what we are seeing reproduces reality absolutely, whereas Disneyland makes it clear that within its magic enclosure it is fantasy that is absolutely reproduced"(202). I see what he is saying because some of the things inside Disney cannot be found in real life, and so cannot be reproduced since they are only an imagination. According to Eco an imagination or fantasy can be produced perfectly. However, not everything in Disneyland is meant to be purely fantasy. Eco uses the example himself of Disney's reproductions of presidents. I don't see how Animatronics of the past presidents are any different that wax-sculptures of them. And just because these moving sculptures are more realistic than any still sculpture, it is possible that Disney's characters could become even more realistic. I don't believe that "it [animatronics] demonstrates all it's miraculous efficacy. Humans could not do better" (204). If actors would not make a difference, then how would anyone know that these characters weren't real? My point is that Disney does create perfect images of fantasy, but how could animated statues be more realistic than actors, such as those Eco explained from Berry Farm?
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